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========== Wealthy donors are a pillar of Republican minority rule. And they have helpful allies here and there. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/26/opinion/warren-campaign-donors.html == topic politics ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-12-27 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Wealthy donors are a pillar of Republican minority rule. topic politics wordrate 0 words 20 ID 1033695046975014 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1033695046975014 impress 13 likeuimpress 9 likeuusers 9 oimpress 13 oreach 10 posted "12/27/2019 09:39:39 AM" reach 10 type Link ========== The exceedingly wealthy increasingly fund the political world. You just vote in it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/12/26/year-preview/ == topic politics ===== impact 5 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-12-26 ratio 3 react 3 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title The exceedingly wealthy increasingly fund the political topic politics wordrate 0 words 16 ID 1033177653693420 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1033177653693420 audclicks 2 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 16 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 11 likeuusers 10 matchedlinkclicks 2 oimpress 16 oreach 11 posted "12/26/2019 09:06:10 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 11 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Did you miss any of these stories? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/12/23/most-undersold-political-stories/ == topic politics ===== hide 1 impact 2 impactrate 0 negative 1 posted 2019-12-26 ratio 7 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Did you miss any of these stories? topic politics wordrate 0 words 10 ID 1033167447027774 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1033167447027774 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 18 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 13 likeuusers 13 matchedlinkclicks 1 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 18 oreach 14 posted "12/26/2019 08:50:20 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 14 type Link ========== The Grim Reaper will make sure nothing really changes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2019/12/18/trump-administration-unveils-plan-allow-states-buy-cheaper-drugs-canada/ But maybe McConnell will allow some token bill that allows Trump to claim a victory. https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/473316-mcconnell-grassley-at-odds-over-trump-backed-drug-bill https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2019/11/11/mcconnell-pelosi-clash-over-drug-price-bill-congress-act/2558426001/ == topic politics 1 ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-12-18 priority 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title The Grim Reaper will make sure nothing really changes. topic politics wordrate 0 words 28 ID 1024958067848712 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1024958067848712 impress 17 likeuimpress 14 likeuusers 14 oimpress 17 oreach 15 posted "12/18/2019 06:22:08 AM" reach 15 type Link ========== Think of all the jobs lost. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/04/opinion/healthcare-industry-medicare.html == topic politics ===== impact 2 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-12-17 ratio 9 react 2 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Think of all the jobs lost. topic politics wordrate 0 words 9 ID 1024541707890348 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1024541707890348 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 22 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 18 likeuusers 18 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 22 oreach 19 posted "12/17/2019 07:42:18 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 19 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== How bipartisan sausage gets made. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/democrats-leveraged-trumps-fixation-on-space-force-to-pursue-parental-leave-victory-for-federal-workers/2019/12/08/92f290fc-19ce-11ea-826b-14ef38a0f45f_story.html Space Force and paid family leave have no logical connection. But politically, to get anything through the Senate you have to come up with a deal that gets 60 votes. Unfortunately, after all that work, whether Trump signs it depends on what he hears on Fox and Friends that morning. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/12/06/congress-white-house-near-deal-create-space-force-exchange-paid-leave-federal-workers/ == topic politics ===== comments 3 impact 162 impactrate 0 likeimpress 8 negative 0 posted 2019-12-07 ratio 1 react 28 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 16 title How bipartisan sausage gets made. topic politics wordrate 0 words 58 ID 1014585228885996 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1014585228885996 audclicks 16 audreach 12 commentsimpress 3 commentsusers 3 engaged 17 impress 51 likeclickusers 15 likeimpress 8 likeuimpress 46 likeusers 8 likeuusers 47 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 14 oimpress 51 oreach 49 posted "12/07/2019 07:31:11 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 11 reach 49 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Service, sacrifice, heritage? How about slavery, secession, segregation and suppression? Another Republican who was thought to have some moral fiber seems to be angling for favor from Trump - perhaps to replace Pence in 2020. What a disappointment! But it polls well with Trump's base. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/nikki-haley-mass-murderer-dylann-roof-hijacked-meaning-of-confederate-flag/2019/12/06/f4113e0e-1854-11ea-9110-3b34ce1d92b1_story.html Haley tries to recover by blaming blind partisanship - as she exerts herself to align with Trump, its embodiment? - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/nikki-haley-todays-climate-wouldnt-allow-us-to-remove-the-confederate-flag-in-south-carolina/2019/12/11/67373682-1c3c-11ea-8d58-5ac3600967a1_story.html == Along with slavery, secession, segregation, and suppression, let's not forget another Confederate innovation - selective service - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty_Negro_Law There's nothing wrong with monuments to anonymous Confederate conscripts that were forced to fight a rich man's war. As long as they also mention the Union regiments contributed by every Confederate state - except of course South Carolina - and the unconscripted, volunteer Negro Union units that dared the barbarous Confederate reprisals - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Pillow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/54th_Massachusetts_Infantry_Regiment Monuments to Confederate generals, who were almost all slave owners defending their feudal way of life, belong in their private cemeteries, not in public places. == topic politics 1 ===== comments 10 hide 3 impact 957 impactrate 1 likeimpress 16 negative 3 posted 2019-12-07 priority 1 ratio 1 react 58 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 28 title Service, sacrifice, heritage? topic politics wordrate 0 words 165 ID 1014550642222788 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1014550642222788 audclicks 28 audreach 18 commentsimpress 10 commentsusers 9 engaged 27 hideclicks 3 hideclicksusers 3 impress 107 likeclickusers 26 likeimpress 16 likeuimpress 90 likeusers 16 likeuusers 89 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 26 negclicks 3 negusers 3 oimpress 107 oreach 103 posted "12/07/2019 06:56:43 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 17 reach 103 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Need a government contract? Get on Fox News! https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/north-dakota-company-that-trump-touted-gets-400-million-border-wall-contract/2019/12/02/9c661132-1568-11ea-bf81-ebe89f477d1e_story.html ===== comments 2 hide 1 impact 22 impactrate 0 likeimpress 8 negative 1 posted 2019-12-02 ratio 2 react 27 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 14 title Need a government contract? topic politics wordrate 0 words 8 ID 1010443732633479 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1010443732633479 audclicks 14 audreach 9 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 15 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 74 likeclickusers 12 likeimpress 8 likeuimpress 65 likeusers 8 likeuusers 66 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 11 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 74 oreach 71 posted "12/02/2019 06:21:54 PM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 6 reach 71 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Quiet lobbying against change. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/12/02/state-lawmakers-acknowledge-lobbyists-helped-craft-their-op-eds-attacking-medicare-for-all/ Radical or moderate, they hate it all. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/12/02/why-health-care-industry-wants-destroy-any-democratic-reform/ == topic politics ===== impact 20 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 0 posted 2019-12-02 ratio 2 react 14 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 5 title Quiet lobbying against change. topic politics wordrate 0 words 14 ID 1010271975983988 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1010271975983988 audclicks 5 audreach 5 engaged 9 impress 36 likeclickusers 9 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 31 likeusers 6 likeuusers 31 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 4 oimpress 36 oreach 34 posted "12/02/2019 01:56:00 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 4 reach 34 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== What changed? Can you believe anything a senator says? https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/mcconnell-once-called-biden-a-real-friend-and-trusted-partner-now-hes-quiet-as-trump-gop-attack-him/2019/11/29/d516e3a2-12d0-11ea-b0fc-62cc38411ebb_story.html == topic politics ===== impact 10 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2019-11-30 ratio 5 react 8 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title What changed? topic politics wordrate 0 words 12 ID 1008183326192853 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1008183326192853 audclicks 3 audreach 3 engaged 7 impress 47 likeclickusers 7 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 43 likeusers 4 likeuusers 42 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 47 oreach 43 posted "11/30/2019 09:30:06 AM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 2 reach 43 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Donald Trump Jr invests in his political future. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/28/us/politics/donald-trump-jr-book.html == topic politics ===== comments 4 impact 33 impactrate 0 likeimpress 11 negative 0 posted 2019-11-28 ratio 1 react 30 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 15 title Donald Trump Jr invests in his political future. topic politics wordrate 0 words 11 ID 1006731209671398 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1006731209671398 audclicks 15 audreach 11 commentsimpress 4 commentsusers 4 engaged 17 impress 60 likeclickusers 16 likeimpress 11 likeuimpress 54 likeusers 10 likeuusers 53 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 12 oimpress 60 oreach 57 posted "11/28/2019 08:26:19 PM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 9 reach 57 type Link ========== Trump delivers on deregulation! Just steer clear of deregulated corporate donors! https://apnews.com/ed447186c4324a3f9ef0655e03684c96 https://apnews.com/c38501914f46455299cbb07a3eda5250 == topic politics ===== hide 1 impact 83 impactrate 0 likeimpress 31 negative 1 posted 2019-11-23 ratio 1 react 59 reactrate 0 shares 12 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 15 title Trump delivers on deregulation! topic politics wordrate 0 words 14 ID 1001609466850239 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1001609466850239 audclicks 15 audreach 9 engaged 34 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 108 likeclickusers 26 likeimpress 31 likeuimpress 88 likeusers 28 likeuusers 88 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 13 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 108 oreach 106 posted "11/23/2019 06:38:16 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 8 reach 106 sharesimpress 12 sharesusers 12 type Link ========== Get in the room! There won't be any progress on shootings, vaping, drug prices, immigration, or any other issue until legislators get in the room and negotiate with each other instead of with media personalities. Congressional inaction is the main reason for executive overreach and judicial activism. https://www.nolabels.org/get-in-the-room/ Voters who want action instead of shouting need to show up in the primaries and general elections to reward action and punish shouting. == topic politics ===== impact 15 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-11-19 ratio 5 react 2 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Get in the room! topic politics wordrate 0 words 73 ID 998234570521062 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/998234570521062 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 13 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 9 likeuusers 9 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 13 oreach 11 posted "11/19/2019 09:19:06 AM" postotherclicks 1 reach 11 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 ========== After three years, will Trump do anything about drug prices? The Democrats are ready to go, with a bill passed in the House and a bipartisan bill in the Senate. But Mitch says no, and Trump has not shown any leadership on the issue. Senate Republicans are concerned about unacceptable interference in the free market, and the closely related unacceptable interference in dark money flowing from the drug industry to Senate Republicans. https://apnews.com/3c9dc7f464314cd88280c1accc39ec11 == topic politics ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-11-19 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title After three years, will Trump do anything about drug topic politics wordrate 0 words 75 ID 998229957188190 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/998229957188190 impress 13 likeuimpress 10 likeuusers 10 oimpress 13 oreach 11 posted "11/19/2019 09:13:39 AM" reach 11 type Link ========== What's going to become of the Republican Party? Will it continue to "purify" itself until all that's left are the KKK and the Nazis? By relying on minority rule for so long, the Republican Party has become extremely vulnerable to hijacking by its own minorities or destruction by a new third party from the ultra-right. The Republican Party arose when the Whigs couldn't contain their internal contradictions any longer. In turn, the Republican Party will be succeeded by something else. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/11/17/new-wave-conservatism-is-dangerous-its-all-gops-fault/ == topic politics ===== comments 1 hide 1 impact 75 impactrate 0 likeimpress 5 negative 1 posted 2019-11-17 ratio 2 react 9 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title What's going to become of the Republican Party? topic politics wordrate 0 words 83 ID 996818160662703 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/996818160662703 audclicks 2 audreach 2 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 7 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 27 likeclickusers 7 likeimpress 5 likeuimpress 24 likeusers 5 likeuusers 24 matchedotherclicks 2 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 27 oreach 25 posted "11/17/2019 06:23:57 PM" postotherclicks 2 reach 25 type Link ========== Quid pro quo On Trump's behalf, Manafort tried to negotiate a deal whereby the AFL-CIO would cut back on organizing efforts in the key states of WI, MI, and PA, and in return Trump would cut back on support of right-to-work laws. Manafort's intermediary was Steven Brown, who is now in prison for a scheme to defraud investors in film productions. Hardly a surprising outcome for a Manafort collaborator. It appears that the scheme was unsuccessful - the AFL-CIO didn't cooperate - but Trump won those states anyway. He found more willing collaborators overseas. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/business/trump-labor-manafort.html And who knows what Trump's real position is on right-to-work laws? His donors love them, but organized labor hates them. His position is probably negotiable like all his other positions. http://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#rightwork == topic trump ===== impact 25 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-11-14 ratio 9 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Quid pro quo topic politics wordrate 0 words 127 ID 993977520946767 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/993977520946767 engaged 2 impress 20 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 17 likeusers 2 likeuusers 17 oimpress 20 oreach 18 posted "11/14/2019 10:59:53 AM" reach 18 type Link ========== Trump administration advice to small farmers - sell out before you go bankrupt. There are probably foreign investors willing to buy your farm when it's cheap enough. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/trumps-trade-wars-are-hurting-farmers-can-sonny-perdue-keep-them-happy/2019/11/10/d15a54d1-6102-42f5-969b-9ef73feb525d_story.html == topic politics ===== comments 2 impact 84 impactrate 0 likeimpress 13 negative 0 posted 2019-11-11 ratio 2 react 28 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 9 title Trump administration advice to small farmers - sell out topic politics wordrate 0 words 30 ID 991495597861626 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/991495597861626 audclicks 9 audreach 6 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 14 impress 74 likeclickusers 14 likeimpress 13 likeuimpress 58 likeusers 13 likeuusers 57 matchedotherclicks 9 oimpress 74 oreach 68 posted "11/11/2019 10:44:21 AM" postotherclicks 6 reach 68 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== The fractious right. Democrats, don't be like them! https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/11/11/donald-trump-jr-book-talk-ucla-derailed-by-far-right-protesters/ == topic politics ===== comments 1 impact 24 impactrate 0 likeimpress 14 negative 0 posted 2019-11-11 ratio 2 react 22 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 7 title The fractious right. topic politics wordrate 0 words 11 ID 991391491205370 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/991391491205370 audclicks 7 audreach 7 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 17 impress 58 likeclickusers 17 likeimpress 14 likeuimpress 54 likeusers 14 likeuusers 54 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 4 oimpress 58 oreach 56 posted "11/11/2019 07:57:57 AM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 4 reach 56 type Link ========== Half of seriously ill medicare recipients struggle paying, especially for drugs. https://apnews.com/86a6553334a44054b7528c3814c26495 House has passed a bill to control drug costs, and Trump once promised to do something, but so far he has done nothing to move the Senate toward taking action. == topic politics ===== impact 18 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-11-10 ratio 3 react 4 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Half of seriously ill medicare recipients struggle paying, topic politics wordrate 0 words 44 ID 991029957908190 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/991029957908190 audclicks 2 audreach 2 engaged 2 impress 18 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 14 likeusers 1 likeuusers 14 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 18 oreach 15 posted "11/10/2019 10:13:07 PM" postotherclicks 2 reach 15 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Dirty tricks are OK if your side is losing. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/08/us/politics/roger-stone-trial-steve-bannon.html Between Bannon, Stone, and Credico, it's hard to believe any of them. What kind of people hire people like that? == topic politics ===== comments 1 impact 80 impactrate 0 likeimpress 11 negative 0 posted 2019-11-08 ratio 1 react 25 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 12 title Dirty tricks are OK if your side is losing. topic politics wordrate 0 words 32 ID 989258641418655 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/989258641418655 audclicks 12 audreach 8 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 12 impress 40 likeclickusers 12 likeimpress 11 likeuimpress 34 likeusers 11 likeuusers 34 matchedotherclicks 12 oimpress 40 oreach 36 posted "11/08/2019 07:12:40 PM" postotherclicks 8 reach 36 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Is there hope for Marco Rubio? Occasional flashes of insight, surrounded by the usual tired cliches. He can't be taken seriously until he shows some insight about Trump before all the other Republican senators do. Leader or follower? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marco-rubio-may-be-on-to-something--if-he-gives-up-the-straw-men-arguments/2019/11/07/315a472c-0196-11ea-8501-2a7123a38c58_story.html == topic politics ===== comments 1 hide 1 impact 21 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 1 posted 2019-11-08 ratio 4 react 5 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Is there hope for Marco Rubio? topic politics wordrate 0 words 41 ID 988887561455763 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/988887561455763 audclicks 2 audreach 2 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 2 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 26 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 21 likeusers 1 likeuusers 21 matchedotherclicks 2 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 26 oreach 22 posted "11/08/2019 08:06:42 AM" postotherclicks 2 reach 22 type Link ========== Roger Stone's time in the barrel. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/a-conspiracy-of-hunches-roger-stone-trial-set-to-start-this-week/2019/11/03/ac507442-f9ad-11e9-ac8c-8eced29ca6ef_story.html At long last - so well deserved. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/politics/paul-manafort-roger-stone/ Politics and money - the only thing missing is sex. == topic politics ===== hide 1 impact 81 impactrate 0 likeimpress 14 negative 1 posted 2019-11-04 ratio 3 react 31 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 14 title Roger Stone's time in the barrel. topic politics wordrate 0 words 26 ID 985524641792055 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/985524641792055 audclicks 14 audreach 14 engaged 20 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 99 likeclickusers 20 likeimpress 14 likeuimpress 88 likeusers 12 likeuusers 88 matchedlinkclicks 5 matchedotherclicks 9 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 99 oreach 97 posted "11/04/2019 07:33:56 AM" postlinkclicks 5 postotherclicks 9 reach 97 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== What kind of man lobbies for Ukraine and Huawei... and Iowa? https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/k-streets-newest-star-built-business-on-dubious-claims-of-trump-ties/2019/11/01/f67de928-f5d9-11e9-829d-87b12c2f85dd_story.html == topic politics ===== comments 1 impact 11 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2019-11-01 ratio 7 react 8 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title What kind of man lobbies for Ukraine and Huawei... and topic politics wordrate 0 words 14 ID 983286432015876 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/983286432015876 audclicks 3 audreach 3 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 6 impress 67 likeclickusers 6 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 57 likeusers 4 likeuusers 56 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 67 oreach 63 posted "11/01/2019 02:12:07 PM" postotherclicks 3 reach 63 type Link ========== Trump administration delivers on deregulation! https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/faas-lax-oversight-played-part-in-boeing-737-max-crashes-but-agency-is-pushing-to-become-more-industry-friendly/2019/10/27/bc0bf184-f4e1-11e9-ad8b-85e2aa00b5ce_story.html == topic politics ===== impact 3 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-10-28 ratio 6 react 4 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Trump administration delivers on deregulation! topic politics wordrate 0 words 8 ID 980079302336589 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/980079302336589 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 2 impress 38 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 26 likeusers 2 likeuusers 26 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 38 oreach 27 posted "10/28/2019 07:14:19 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 27 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== The courage of his convictions! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/10/24/lickspittle-lindseys-week-walk-backs/ == topic politics ===== comments 1 impact 10 impactrate 0 likeimpress 7 negative 0 posted 2019-10-28 ratio 3 react 13 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title The courage of his convictions! topic politics wordrate 0 words 8 ID 979647432379776 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/979647432379776 audclicks 3 audreach 2 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 9 impress 59 likeclickusers 8 likeimpress 7 likeuimpress 47 likeusers 7 likeuusers 47 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 59 oreach 48 posted "10/28/2019 06:57:11 AM" postotherclicks 2 reach 48 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== What a perfect match! https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/26/opinion/william-barr-trump.html An attorney general who rejects the notion that "Ambition must be made to counteract ambition." Too bad he couldn't have been present at the Constitutional Convention to explain their mistake to the Founders... but he can still explain it to his colleagues in the Federalist Society whose logo is a profile of Madison. https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/why-james-madison-thought-ambition-was-a-good-thing Instead he convinced Bush to pardon the Iran-Contra plotters. But with Trump, he now has a match made in Opus Dei Heaven - Trump is above mortal law. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-and-his-lawyers-think-he-can-get-away-with-anything-its-outlandish/2019/10/24/14cab4d2-f685-11e9-8cf0-4cc99f74d127_story.html Barr's working on institutionalizing his doctrine of Presidential Infallibility. He's already laid out a Syllabus of Errors. https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-william-p-barr-delivers-remarks-law-school-and-de-nicola-center-ethics But he says he's not defending Trump - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/28/us/politics/barr-durham-trump.html == topic politics 1 ===== comments 24 hide 1 impact 1015 impactrate 0 likeimpress 40 negative 1 posted 2019-10-26 priority 1 ratio 1 react 89 reactrate 0 shares 5 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 19 title What a perfect match! topic politics wordrate 0 words 114 ID 978482982496221 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/978482982496221 audclicks 19 audreach 14 commentsimpress 24 commentsusers 24 engaged 63 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 152 likeclickusers 28 likeimpress 40 likeuimpress 116 likeusers 39 likeuusers 107 matchedlinkclicks 5 matchedotherclicks 14 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 152 oreach 124 posted "10/26/2019 09:07:25 PM" postlinkclicks 5 postotherclicks 10 reach 124 sharesimpress 5 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== When Giuliani was a great man. He was even sounding presidential. And when he wasn't. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/one-idea-has-shaped-giulianis-whole-career-everyone-is-wrong-but-me/2019/10/24/5f377154-f680-11e9-ad8b-85e2aa00b5ce_story.html == topic politics ===== comments 9 hide 1 impact 166 impactrate 0 likeimpress 32 negative 1 posted 2019-10-26 ratio 2 react 92 reactrate 0 shares 8 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 42 title When Giuliani was a great man. topic politics wordrate 0 words 18 ID 978117719199414 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/978117719199414 audclicks 42 audreach 28 commentsimpress 9 commentsusers 9 engaged 52 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 257 likeclickusers 36 likeimpress 32 likeuimpress 171 likeusers 30 likeuusers 158 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 38 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 257 oreach 223 posted "10/26/2019 10:13:14 AM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 24 reach 223 sharesimpress 8 sharesusers 8 type Link ========== Wikimedia isn't like the Washington Post or New York Times. You can use wikipedia without ever paying anything, and without dealing with annoying ads. https://donate.wikimedia.org How much has politicalscrapbooknet cited wikipedia since July? politicalscrapbooknet supports wikimedia. What about you? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15_minutes_of_fame https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Man_for_All_Seasons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altamont_Free_Concert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassins_(musical) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Schurz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EB-5_visa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy_Rider https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox#It_is_the_nature_of_intelligent_life_to_destroy_itself https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Wills_(security_guard) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Witton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Purge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter-American_Treaty_of_Reciprocal_Assistance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakatoa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megatherium#Extinction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Mazama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radetzky_March_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Report_on_Manufactures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_County_v._Holder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_phases_of_a_big_project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot%E2%80%93Hawley_Tariff_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technocracy_movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#Section_4:_Declaration_by_vice_president_and_principal_officers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unintended_consequences https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Hall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Trumpism https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Stirring_Times_in_Austria ===== hide 1 impact 4 impactrate 0 negative 1 posted 2019-10-21 ratio 24 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 title Wikimedia isn't like the Washington Post or New York Times. topic politics wordrate 0 words 38 ID 974084102936109 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/974084102936109 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 49 likeuimpress 22 likeuusers 20 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 49 oreach 24 posted "10/21/2019 04:46:27 PM" reach 24 type Link ========== Is the Texas Republican Party going to follow the path of the California Republican Party? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/texodus-bodes-badly-for-republicans/2019/10/18/500fa486-f116-11e9-8693-f487e46784aa_story.html And end up third behind "No Party Preference"? https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/30/california-republicans-third-party-status-613568 == topic politics ===== impact 99 impactrate 0 likeimpress 15 negative 0 posted 2019-10-20 ratio 2 react 38 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 21 title Is the Texas Republican Party going to follow the path of topic politics wordrate 0 words 26 ID 972950259716160 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/972950259716160 audclicks 21 audreach 15 engaged 21 impress 131 likeclickusers 20 likeimpress 15 likeuimpress 102 likeusers 15 likeuusers 98 matchedlinkclicks 7 matchedotherclicks 14 oimpress 131 oreach 108 posted "10/20/2019 11:30:26 AM" postlinkclicks 7 postotherclicks 10 reach 108 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Will they have to keep investigating until they find the desired answer? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/state-department-probe-of-clinton-emails-finds-no-deliberate-mishandling-of-classified-information/2019/10/18/83339446-f1dc-11e9-8693-f487e46784aa_story.html == topic politics ===== comments 5 impact 150 impactrate 0 likeimpress 43 negative 0 posted 2019-10-18 ratio 1 react 100 reactrate 0 shares 12 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 40 title Will they have to keep investigating until they find the topic politics wordrate 0 words 15 ID 971237049887481 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/971237049887481 audclicks 40 audreach 24 commentsimpress 5 commentsusers 3 engaged 50 impress 209 likeclickusers 42 likeimpress 43 likeuimpress 150 likeusers 38 likeuusers 122 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 37 oimpress 209 oreach 146 posted "10/18/2019 04:57:23 PM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 22 reach 146 sharesimpress 12 sharesusers 11 type Link ========== Trump TALK vs Trump DO. Or at least what he would have done if Republicans still controlled the House. It remains to be seen if there will be a budget agreement this year, or a continuing resolution, or a shutdown. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/3/12/18260271/trump-medicaid-social-security-medicare-budget-cuts Many politicians say they will finance tax cuts or new programs by cutting out fraud and waste. But there are no line items for fraud and waste. What they mean is cutting out programs that their donors don't like. They call them "fraud and waste" to avoid letting the voters know the real agenda before the election. Likewise Trump TALKS about cutting drug prices. But he hasn't come up with a plan to DO so that he can sell to his Republican Senate. That's because it's really the drug companies' Senate, and McConnell knows what kind of bills the drug companies don't want to see considered by their Senate. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/11/health/drug-prices-rebate-donald-trump.html Fortunately the Republicans have found a way to avoid responsibility - blame the Democrats for not coming up with a bill that the Republican donors are glad to support. == topic politics ===== comments 9 hide 3 impact 2480 impactrate 0 likeimpress 53 negative 3 posted 2019-10-15 ratio 2 react 137 reactrate 0 shares 25 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 47 title Trump TALK vs Trump DO. topic politics wordrate 0 words 181 ID 968696293474890 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/968696293474890 audclicks 47 audreach 32 commentsimpress 9 commentsusers 6 engaged 82 hideclicks 3 hideclicksusers 3 impress 357 likeclickusers 57 likeimpress 53 likeuimpress 191 likeusers 53 likeuusers 169 matchedlinkclicks 6 matchedotherclicks 41 negclicks 3 negusers 3 oimpress 357 oreach 292 posted "10/15/2019 04:54:12 PM" postlinkclicks 6 postotherclicks 28 reach 292 sharesimpress 25 sharesusers 25 type Link ========== Whistleblowers - beware the shallow state - the wrath of politicians. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/were-living-in-the-golden-age-of-whistleblowers/2019/10/07/90585ab4-e91f-11e9-9c6d-436a0df4f31d_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/10/04/federal-whistleblowers-would-do-it-again-even-after-retaliation-professional-suicide/ == topic politics ===== comments 1 impact 49 impactrate 0 likeimpress 15 negative 0 posted 2019-10-05 ratio 2 react 35 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 15 title Whistleblowers - beware the shallow state - the wrath topic politics wordrate 0 words 14 ID 960643390946847 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/960643390946847 audclicks 15 audreach 13 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 22 impress 109 likeclickusers 19 likeimpress 15 likeuimpress 72 likeusers 15 likeuusers 65 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 11 oimpress 109 oreach 73 posted "10/05/2019 06:45:14 AM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 9 reach 73 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== An unapologetic Trumpist. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/why-this-virginia-republican-embraces-trump-despite-his-unpopularity/2019/09/30/c8e2766a-dfcb-11e9-be96-6adb81821e90_story.html She's not alone https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/theres-simply-no-reason-to-vote-for-john-gray-in-prince-william-county/2019/09/27/8091d646-dfd3-11e9-be96-6adb81821e90_story.html == topic politics ===== comments 1 impact 4 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-10-01 ratio 4 react 4 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title An unapologetic Trumpist. topic politics wordrate 0 words 9 ID 957619457915907 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/957619457915907 audclicks 3 audreach 3 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 3 impress 51 likeclickusers 3 likeuimpress 22 likeuusers 15 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 51 oreach 19 posted "10/01/2019 06:16:58 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 1 reach 19 type Link ========== Where Trump could have really made a difference in the lives of his base. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/out-here-its-just-me/2019/09/28/fa1df9b6-deef-11e9-be96-6adb81821e90_story.html Instead, he'd like to eliminate Medicaid. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/i-would-be-dead-or-i-would-be-financially-ruined/2019/09/29/e697149c-c80e-11e9-be05-f76ac4ec618c_story.html But things are not going to get better for rural America until rural America votes for better politicians. == topic politics ===== impact 180 impactrate 0 likeimpress 23 negative 0 posted 2019-09-29 ratio 2 react 44 reactrate 0 shares 7 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 14 title Where Trump could have really made a difference in the topic politics wordrate 0 words 41 ID 956165454727974 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/956165454727974 audclicks 14 audreach 9 engaged 27 impress 127 likeclickusers 26 likeimpress 23 likeuimpress 114 likeusers 23 likeuusers 101 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 11 oimpress 127 oreach 104 posted "09/29/2019 07:23:56 AM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 6 reach 104 sharesimpress 7 sharesusers 6 type Link ========== Turning off annoying Federal election oversight. One way is to not appoint any Federal election commissioners. Another way is to quit publishing what the remnants of the commission have done. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/28/elections-chief-says-gop-colleague-blocked-wide-release-her-foreign-activity-memo/ == topic politics ===== comments 1 impact 251 impactrate 0 likeimpress 19 negative 0 posted 2019-09-28 ratio 3 react 76 reactrate 0 shares 15 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 41 title Turning off annoying Federal election oversight. topic politics wordrate 0 words 33 ID 955656721445514 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/955656721445514 audclicks 41 audreach 29 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 46 impress 290 likeclickusers 20 likeimpress 19 likeuimpress 65 likeusers 19 likeuusers 54 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 38 oimpress 290 oreach 235 posted "09/28/2019 02:30:01 PM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 27 reach 235 sharesimpress 15 sharesusers 14 type Link ========== Giuliani and Johnson hit back twice as hard. And the NRA wants to know what it can do to help. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/09/giuliani-ukraine-trump-biden/598879/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/giuliani-set-to-make-paid-appearance-next-week-at-kremlin-backed-conference/2019/09/27/a15ab242-e133-11e9-8dc8-498eabc129a0_story.html Giuliani cancelled after the Washington Post story was published. https://www.apnews.com/172e6d59ff044078865eef0e86679873 Both must have studied at Trump U. Or Cohn U. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/27/us/politics/trump-lapierre-nra-impeachment.html There is definitely a quid-pro-quo there. You can see why Trump likes them all so much. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-he-raised-hunter-biden-allegations-with-his-china-go-between/2019/09/27/c85fbb8e-e152-11e9-8dc8-498eabc129a0_story.html == topic politics ===== comments 1 impact 75 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2019-09-27 ratio 2 react 13 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 8 title Giuliani and Johnson hit back twice as hard. topic politics wordrate 0 words 58 ID 954863091524877 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/954863091524877 audclicks 8 audreach 5 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 9 impress 53 likeclickusers 9 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 42 likeusers 4 likeuusers 36 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 5 oimpress 53 oreach 37 posted "09/27/2019 02:49:22 PM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 4 reach 37 type Link ========== Separation of powers vs Separation of parties. Perhaps it's all up to Richard Burr. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/20/opinion/trump-whistle-blower.html == topic politics ===== impact 24 impactrate 0 likeimpress 9 negative 0 posted 2019-09-21 ratio 4 react 14 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title Separation of powers vs Separation of parties. topic politics wordrate 0 words 17 ID 950085838669269 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/950085838669269 audclicks 4 audreach 2 engaged 9 impress 82 likeclickusers 9 likeimpress 9 likeuimpress 56 likeusers 9 likeuusers 54 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 82 oreach 56 posted "09/21/2019 08:07:54 AM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 2 reach 56 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Medicare for all who want it. Sounds like a good start, and he is fairly specific about who's going to be taxed for it - compared to other candidates. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/09/19/pete-buttigieg-heres-better-way-do-medicare-for-all The big unanswered question for this, and all the candidates, is that once they get whatever plan they can through the House, how will they get past a Senate filibuster? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/09/19/who-is-being-nave-here/ And in general, that's the big question for all Democratic candidates - all your big ideas won't amount to much unless you can make progress against the rural bias. http://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ == topic politics 1 ===== impact 28 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-09-19 priority 1 ratio 5 react 3 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Medicare for all who want it. topic politics wordrate 0 words 92 ID 948604092150777 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/948604092150777 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 30 likeclickusers 1 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 16 likeusers 1 likeuusers 14 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 30 oreach 16 posted "09/19/2019 08:00:56 AM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 16 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== A crooked politician is one who won't stay bought. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/the-vaping-industry-has-close-ties-to-trump-his-ban-still-caught-them-off-guard/2019/09/17/0423c994-d8c0-11e9-ac63-3016711543fe_story.html Looks like the vaping industry threw a lot of money away on lobbying. == topic politics ===== comments 1 impact 5 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-09-18 ratio 9 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title A crooked politician is one who won't stay bought. topic politics wordrate 0 words 25 ID 948170408860812 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/948170408860812 audclicks 1 audreach 1 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 1 impress 28 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 16 likeuusers 15 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 28 oreach 18 posted "09/18/2019 04:53:53 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 18 type Link ========== Trumpier than thou. And we thought Democrat infighting was bad. https://beta.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/rand-paul-and-liz-cheney-trade-insults-as-they-try-to-prove-alignment-with-trump/2019/09/12/f1c8b738-d585-11e9-9343-40db57cf6abd_story.html https://beta.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/12/liz-cheney-vs-rand-paul-spat-epitomizes-gops-increasingly-trump-ified-foreign-policy/ The fewer the Cheneys and Pauls in government, the safer we all are. == topic politics ===== comments 7 hide 1 impact 140 impactrate 0 likeimpress 20 negative 1 posted 2019-09-12 ratio 2 react 54 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 23 title Trumpier than thou. topic politics wordrate 0 words 26 ID 943720692639117 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/943720692639117 audclicks 23 audreach 17 commentsimpress 7 commentsusers 7 engaged 36 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 195 likeclickusers 32 likeimpress 20 likeuimpress 163 likeusers 20 likeuusers 118 matchedlinkclicks 9 matchedotherclicks 14 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 195 oreach 132 posted "09/12/2019 03:41:00 PM" postlinkclicks 7 postotherclicks 12 reach 132 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== More Federal deregulation. Why wait for Congress to act? https://beta.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/administration-finalizes-repeal-of-2015-water-rule-trump-called-destructive-and-horrible/2019/09/11/fddfa49a-d4aa-11e9-9343-40db57cf6abd_story.html == topic politics ===== comments 11 impact 184 impactrate 0 likeimpress 57 negative 0 posted 2019-09-11 ratio 2 react 153 reactrate 0 shares 20 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 65 title More Federal deregulation. topic politics wordrate 0 words 12 ID 943210986023421 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/943210986023421 audclicks 65 audreach 42 commentsimpress 11 commentsusers 11 engaged 91 impress 437 likeclickusers 66 likeimpress 57 likeuimpress 268 likeusers 57 likeuusers 198 matchedlinkclicks 11 matchedotherclicks 54 oimpress 437 oreach 321 posted "09/11/2019 11:12:50 PM" postlinkclicks 11 postotherclicks 35 reach 321 sharesimpress 20 sharesusers 19 type Link ========== One theory about why his pals enable Trump's buffoonery - it gives them cover for their real agenda. https://beta.washingtonpost.com/opinions/this-is-how-the-trump-administration-quietly-incapacitates-the-government/2019/09/10/109a54c0-d412-11e9-9610-fb56c5522e1c_story.html == topic politics ===== impact 0 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-09-10 reactrate 0 title One theory about why his pals enable Trump's buffoonery - topic politics wordrate 0 words 21 ID 942415126103007 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/942415126103007 impress 25 likeuimpress 8 likeuusers 7 oimpress 25 oreach 8 posted "09/10/2019 08:32:46 PM" reach 8 type Link ========== Ethanol in gasoline is a lousy environmental idea. But it was key to passing - Obamacare! Don't watch the sausage making if you have a queasy stomach. Now Trump promised one thing to farmers and another to the oil and gas industry - so who's going to win? https://www.apnews.com/63343a1c5866403ab7c5e06abbd0e202 == topic politics ===== comments 1 impact 250 impactrate 0 likeimpress 20 negative 0 posted 2019-09-05 ratio 3 react 49 reactrate 0 shares 8 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 20 title Ethanol in gasoline is a lousy environmental idea. But it topic politics wordrate 0 words 51 ID 938765596467960 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/938765596467960 audclicks 20 audreach 14 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 28 impress 220 likeclickusers 27 likeimpress 20 likeuimpress 187 likeusers 18 likeuusers 144 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 16 oimpress 220 oreach 148 posted "09/05/2019 06:51:43 PM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 10 reach 148 sharesimpress 8 sharesusers 8 type Link ========== Is this deregulation or reregulation? Either way it counts as return on investment for Trump donors. https://beta.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/08/30/how-trump-administration-limited-scope-usdas-dietary-guidelines/ == topic politics ===== comments 3 impact 120 impactrate 0 likeimpress 20 negative 0 posted 2019-08-30 ratio 2 react 63 reactrate 0 shares 10 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 30 title Is this deregulation or reregulation? topic politics wordrate 0 words 19 ID 934420963569090 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/934420963569090 audclicks 30 audreach 20 commentsimpress 3 commentsusers 3 engaged 34 impress 235 likeclickusers 32 likeimpress 20 likeuimpress 191 likeusers 18 likeuusers 142 matchedlinkclicks 8 matchedotherclicks 22 oimpress 235 oreach 169 posted "08/30/2019 03:16:53 PM" postlinkclicks 8 postotherclicks 14 reach 169 sharesimpress 10 sharesusers 10 type Link ========== The Trump administration does have a consistent political philosophy - If Obama was for it, the Trump administration is against it. Why not? That polls well with Trump's base and some (not always all) Trump donors. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/climate/epa-methane-greenhouse-gas.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/opinion/trump-civil-rights.html == topic politics ===== impact 62 impactrate 0 likeimpress 10 negative 0 posted 2019-08-29 ratio 4 react 16 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title The Trump administration does have a consistent political topic politics wordrate 0 words 39 ID 933488090329044 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/933488090329044 audclicks 3 audreach 3 engaged 11 impress 101 likeclickusers 9 likeimpress 10 likeuimpress 86 likeusers 10 likeuusers 67 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 101 oreach 69 posted "08/29/2019 06:44:23 AM" postotherclicks 3 reach 69 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== A Trumpist with some sharp edges softened. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2019/08/28/feature/a-conservative-senators-crusade-against-big-tech/ Underneath, it looks like just another reactionary with a populist veneer. And "cosmopolitan elites" ? - Not the nicest kind of reactionary. But he's looking forward to 2024. == topic politics ===== impact 27 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-08-28 ratio 5 react 7 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 5 title A Trumpist with some sharp edges softened. topic politics wordrate 0 words 38 ID 933083537036166 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/933083537036166 audclicks 5 audreach 4 engaged 4 impress 62 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 44 likeusers 2 likeuusers 35 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 4 oimpress 62 oreach 36 posted "08/28/2019 02:38:04 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 3 reach 36 type Link ========== Flexible principles. Whatever happened to the Tea Party? They became Trumpists and never missed a beat. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/28/us/politics/tea-party-trump.html Maybe it never was about government spending after all. Maybe it was just opposition to the idea of a black president. == topic politics ===== comments 1 impact 140 impactrate 0 likeimpress 13 negative 0 posted 2019-08-28 ratio 2 react 35 reactrate 0 shares 7 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 14 title Flexible principles. topic politics wordrate 0 words 40 ID 933022970375556 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/933022970375556 audclicks 14 audreach 9 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 21 impress 144 likeclickusers 21 likeimpress 13 likeuimpress 121 likeusers 11 likeuusers 98 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 11 oimpress 142 oreach 100 posted "08/28/2019 12:20:59 PM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 7 reach 100 sharesimpress 7 sharesusers 7 type Link ========== Why we have Civil Service laws to protect Federal employees from Federal politicians. https://beta.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/08/20/why-andrew-mccabes-complaint-about-his-firing-is-likely-prevail/ == topic politics ===== impact 29 impactrate 0 likeimpress 11 negative 0 posted 2019-08-20 ratio 3 react 18 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 7 title Why we have Civil Service laws to protect Federal employees topic politics wordrate 0 words 16 ID 927552457589274 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/927552457589274 audclicks 7 audreach 6 engaged 12 impress 87 likeclickusers 11 likeimpress 11 likeuimpress 67 likeusers 11 likeuusers 61 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 5 oimpress 87 oreach 64 posted "08/20/2019 04:47:13 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 5 reach 64 type Link ========== Trump is right about one thing! It was a “terrible thing for our country” that people with mental illness were “just allowed to go onto the streets” after some psychiatric hospitals were closed. https://beta.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-the-us-should-build-more-psychiatric-institutions-in-response-to-rising-gun-violence/2019/08/15/bb9b24e8-bfa5-11e9-9b73-fd3c65ef8f9c_story.html It was called "mainstreaming" and it was started by Governor Reagan in California and it was a terrific success - for the state - the state saved all the money it took to run developmental centers like Agnews and Sonoma. Of course there was a price to pay - by the counties - who had to take on the burden of the mainstreamed who actually had been institutionalized because they couldn't maintain on their own - and they became an important part of the homeless population. But all of that has nothing to do with mass shootings. Most mass shooters had no contact with any mental health facility. The overlap between mass shooters and homeless people is negligible. https://beta.washingtonpost.com/health/after-trump-blames-mental-illness-for-mass-shootings-health-agencies-ordered-to-hold-all-posts-on-issue/2019/08/20/c4030e4c-c370-11e9-b5e4-54aa56d5b7ce_story.html But in order to keep the story straight, why not just cut out the middleman and just have all government press releases and publications mentioning violence or weapons go through the NRA. Looks like we're almost there - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-tells-nra-chief-that-universal-background-checks-are-off-the-table/2019/08/20/deae5b5a-c39a-11e9-9986-1fb3e4397be4_story.html == topic politics 1 ===== comments 9 hide 1 impact 2123 impactrate 0 likeimpress 29 negative 1 posted 2019-08-20 priority 1 ratio 2 react 110 reactrate 0 shares 12 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 59 title Trump is right about one thing! topic politics wordrate 0 words 193 ID 927550767589443 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/927550767589443 audclicks 59 audreach 37 commentsimpress 9 commentsusers 9 engaged 61 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 358 likeclickusers 51 likeimpress 29 likeuimpress 283 likeusers 28 likeuusers 226 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 55 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 358 oreach 246 posted "08/20/2019 04:43:37 PM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 34 reach 246 sharesimpress 12 sharesusers 11 type Link ========== That's funny - doesn't "great disloyalty" and "lack of knowledge" describe the core of Trump's base? And certainly his core Trumpist supporters in Congress. https://beta.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-questions-sincerity-of-tlaibs-tears-as-she-talked-about-her-grandmother/2019/08/20/03d7b532-c339-11e9-b72f-b31dfaa77212_story.html == topic politics ===== comments 4 hide 1 impact 192 impactrate 0 likeimpress 27 negative 1 posted 2019-08-20 ratio 2 react 71 reactrate 0 shares 8 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 31 title That's funny - doesn't "great disloyalty" topic politics wordrate 0 words 27 ID 927535580924295 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/927535580924295 audclicks 31 audreach 15 commentsimpress 4 commentsusers 4 engaged 42 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 262 likeclickusers 34 likeimpress 27 likeuimpress 177 likeusers 26 likeuusers 144 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 28 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 262 oreach 194 posted "08/20/2019 04:07:21 PM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 14 reach 194 sharesimpress 8 sharesusers 8 type Link ========== Reaction and revisionism - longing for a golden age that never was. It's an ancient, and global, phenomenon. But who knows unreality better than a reality-TV star? https://beta.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/08/20/project-far-right-fear-history/ == topic politics 1 ===== comments 1 impact 87 impactrate 0 likeimpress 5 negative 0 posted 2019-08-20 priority 1 ratio 2 react 28 reactrate 0 shares 6 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 16 title Reaction and revisionism - longing for a golden age that topic politics wordrate 0 words 31 ID 927326280945225 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/927326280945225 audclicks 16 audreach 10 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 15 impress 103 likeclickusers 14 likeimpress 5 likeuimpress 76 likeusers 5 likeuusers 65 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 12 oimpress 103 oreach 74 posted "08/20/2019 09:02:39 AM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 7 reach 74 sharesimpress 6 sharesusers 6 type Link ========== The Republicans have the Freedom Caucus. Democrats don't need anything self-destructive like that. You'd think that somebody who won (barely) in the district of Cantor and Brat would get a little more respect from Democrats who have easier campaigns. https://beta.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/what-rep-abigail-spanberger-learned-after-clashing-with-progressives/2019/08/19/ad887a26-a8f9-11e9-a3a6-ab670962db05_story.html == topic politics ===== comments 1 impact 46 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-08-20 ratio 3 react 11 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 9 title The Republicans have the Freedom Caucus. topic politics wordrate 0 words 42 ID 927284677616052 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/927284677616052 audclicks 9 audreach 9 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 9 impress 60 likeclickusers 9 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 43 likeusers 1 likeuusers 38 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 5 oimpress 60 oreach 41 posted "08/20/2019 08:00:36 AM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 5 reach 41 type Link ========== Never apologize or admit a mistake - hit back twice as hard instead. Roy Cohn would be so proud. https://beta.washingtonpost.com/politics/rep-steve-king-says-media-gop-leaders-owe-him-an-apology-after-his-comments-on-rape-and-incest/2019/08/19/48cb0522-c27b-11e9-9986-1fb3e4397be4_story.html == topic politics ===== comments 14 hide 3 hideall 1 impact 286 impactrate 0 likeimpress 43 negative 4 posted 2019-08-19 ratio 1 react 130 reactrate 0 shares 9 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 60 title Never apologize or admit a mistake - hit back twice as topic politics wordrate 0 words 22 ID 926821207662399 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/926821207662399 audclicks 60 audreach 29 commentsimpress 14 commentsusers 14 engaged 66 hideallclicks 1 hideallclicksusers 1 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 3 impress 313 likeclickusers 57 likeimpress 43 likeuimpress 249 likeusers 43 likeuusers 194 matchedlinkclicks 8 matchedotherclicks 52 negclicks 4 negusers 1 oimpress 313 oreach 228 posted "08/19/2019 03:44:14 PM" postlinkclicks 8 postotherclicks 25 reach 228 sharesimpress 9 sharesusers 9 type Link ========== Why does nobody believe McConnell? https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/pelosi-calls-mcconnell-moscow-mitch-as-she-recounts-bills-he-has-blocked/2019/08/14/01f7b2ce-bea4-11e9-b873-63ace636af08_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-a-mcconnell-backed-effort-to-lift-russian-sanctions-boosted-a-kentucky-project/2019/08/13/72b26e00-b97c-11e9-b3b4-2bb69e8c4e39_story.html Standing too close to Trump? Scripture says that pitch defileth the hand that toucheth it. == topic politics ===== comments 2 impact 129 impactrate 0 likeimpress 17 negative 0 posted 2019-08-14 ratio 2 react 56 reactrate 0 shares 13 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 24 title Why does nobody believe McConnell? topic politics wordrate 0 words 23 ID 923304018014118 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/923304018014118 audclicks 24 audreach 17 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 34 impress 206 likeclickusers 30 likeimpress 17 likeuimpress 181 likeusers 17 likeuusers 145 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 20 oimpress 206 oreach 150 posted "08/14/2019 10:25:29 AM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 14 reach 150 sharesimpress 13 sharesusers 12 type Link ========== Why do billionaires support Trump? Tax cuts and deregulation, of course. But are they just useful idiots for the other people behind Trump with longer views? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/12/opinion/trump-billionaires.html Wha's the price of accommodation? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/13/opinion/vichy-republican-trump.html In 2115, which words will have completely different accommodations from 2015, in the tradition of "appeasement" and "collaborator". == topic politics ===== comments 1 impact 26 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-08-12 ratio 7 react 5 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Why do billionaires support Trump? topic politics wordrate 0 words 52 ID 922216958122824 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/922216958122824 audclicks 2 audreach 2 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 3 impress 78 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 55 likeusers 1 likeuusers 35 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 78 oreach 37 posted "08/12/2019 07:07:14 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 1 reach 37 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Another immigrant invasion! Where's DHS? https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/08/12/how-californians-moving-to-nevada-are-changing-the-states-politics/ Why not internal passports! They've been successful elsewhere - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_passport#Soviet_Union_and_its_successors == topic politics ===== comments 8 impact 148 impactrate 0 likeimpress 34 negative 0 posted 2019-08-12 ratio 2 react 87 reactrate 0 shares 6 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 39 title Another immigrant invasion! topic politics wordrate 0 words 17 ID 922170914794095 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/922170914794095 audclicks 39 audreach 27 commentsimpress 8 commentsusers 3 engaged 46 impress 285 likeclickusers 41 likeimpress 34 likeuimpress 262 likeusers 33 likeuusers 208 matchedlinkclicks 13 matchedotherclicks 26 oimpress 285 oreach 215 posted "08/12/2019 05:47:26 PM" postlinkclicks 12 postotherclicks 17 reach 215 sharesimpress 6 sharesusers 6 type Link ========== More or less! Less regulation here - lifting burdensome regulations from Republican donors https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/12/climate/endangered-species-act-changes.html More regulation here - imposing burdensome regulations on legal immigrants so fewer stay to become Democratic voters https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/12/us/politics/trump-immigration-policy.html == topic politics ===== impact 26 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-08-12 ratio 7 react 8 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title More or less! topic politics wordrate 0 words 33 ID 921935874817599 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/921935874817599 audclicks 4 audreach 1 engaged 5 impress 109 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 67 likeusers 2 likeuusers 46 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 109 oreach 60 posted "08/12/2019 08:58:44 AM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 1 reach 60 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Civil litigation - a tool against racists with assets. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/federal-judge-awards-700000-to-former-american-university-student-targeted-in-neo-nazi-troll-storm/2019/08/10/f73dca84-bb7f-11e9-bad6-609f75bfd97f_story.html It's no help against indigent racists, and even those with assets might simply ignore the judgment. And the same legal tactics have been used by the right against the left. Even baseless civil allegations have to be answered, at significant legal costs. == topic politics ===== impact 351 impactrate 0 likeimpress 31 negative 0 posted 2019-08-11 ratio 2 react 65 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 30 title Civil litigation - a tool against racists with assets. topic politics wordrate 0 words 54 ID 921596828184837 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/921596828184837 audclicks 30 audreach 27 engaged 44 impress 229 likeclickusers 41 likeimpress 31 likeuimpress 184 likeusers 31 likeuusers 150 matchedlinkclicks 7 matchedotherclicks 23 oimpress 229 oreach 175 posted "08/11/2019 09:11:32 PM" postlinkclicks 7 postotherclicks 21 reach 175 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== We knew this was coming ten years ago. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/11/us/politics/domestic-terrorism.html Republicans like Pompeo actively opposed any action against domestic terrorism. == topic politics ===== impact 48 impactrate 0 likeimpress 13 negative 0 posted 2019-08-11 ratio 3 react 23 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 8 title We knew this was coming ten years ago. topic politics wordrate 0 words 21 ID 921590311518822 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/921590311518822 audclicks 8 audreach 7 engaged 17 impress 109 likeclickusers 17 likeimpress 13 likeuimpress 91 likeusers 11 likeuusers 76 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 6 oimpress 109 oreach 77 posted "08/11/2019 08:52:53 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 5 reach 77 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== We knew this was coming ten years ago. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/11/us/politics/domestic-terrorism.html Republicans like Pompeo actively opposed any action against domestic terrorism. == topic politics ===== negative 0 posted 2019-08-11 rate 0 title We knew this was coming ten years ago. topic politics words 21 ID 921589754852211 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/921589754852211 posted "08/11/2019 08:51:18 PM" type Link ========== Life at Conception Act. Has anybody heard of this? Sen Rand Paul is sending out petitions and fundraising appeals to everybody who's ever mentioned his name, it seems. We can file it along with our fundraising appeals from Trump and Pence. https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/michael-w-chapman/sen-paul-reintroduces-life-conception-act-and-bill-end-funding And who's Rand Paul? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sen-rand-paul-offers-to-buy-rep-omar-a-ticket-to-somalia-so-shell-appreciate-america-more/2019/07/29/b875dfb4-b24a-11e9-8f6c-7828e68cb15f_story.html "Randal Howard Paul is an American politician and physician serving as the junior United States Senator from Kentucky since 2011, alongside Majority Leader Mitch McConnell." Alongside Mitch? That's cruel and unusual punishment. Please send a donation in honor of Rand Paul to promote him to senior senator by electing a more diverse and interesting alongside-server. As for Rand Paul, he doesn't have to run again until 2022. http://www.dscc.org/ == topic politics 1 ===== comments 59 hide 3 impact 3932 impactrate 0 likeimpress 169 negative 3 posted 2019-08-10 priority 1 ratio 1 react 339 reactrate 0 shares 31 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 77 title Life at Conception Act. topic politics wordrate 0 words 116 ID 920543394956847 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/920543394956847 audclicks 77 audreach 51 commentsimpress 59 commentsusers 42 engaged 203 hideclicks 3 hideclicksusers 3 impress 613 likeclickusers 93 likeimpress 169 likeuimpress 391 likeusers 158 likeuusers 281 matchedlinkclicks 8 matchedotherclicks 69 negclicks 3 negusers 3 oimpress 613 oreach 408 posted "08/10/2019 07:45:19 AM" postlinkclicks 8 postotherclicks 49 reach 408 sharesimpress 31 sharesusers 30 type Link ========== Defeatism. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/opinion/ar15-assault-weapon-ban.html == topic politics ===== comments 6 impact 18 impactrate 0 likeimpress 10 negative 0 posted 2019-08-09 ratio 2 react 44 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 26 title Defeatism. topic politics wordrate 0 words 4 ID 920137431664110 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/920137431664110 audclicks 26 audreach 18 commentsimpress 6 commentsusers 5 engaged 25 impress 174 likeclickusers 22 likeimpress 10 likeuimpress 142 likeusers 10 likeuusers 117 matchedlinkclicks 8 matchedotherclicks 18 oimpress 174 oreach 126 posted "08/09/2019 04:56:19 PM" postlinkclicks 8 postotherclicks 12 reach 126 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== If it ain't unbroke, don't fix it, part 2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-he-is-seeking-common-sense-gun-legislation-acknowledges-he-is-seeking-input-from-nra/2019/08/09/356cbc26-ba9e-11e9-a091-6a96e67d9cce_story.html Make a big noise about something that might fix 1% of the problem in order to avoid addressing the other 99%. Even McConnell and the NRA will have to go that far. == topic politics ===== comments 1 hide 1 impact 26 impactrate 0 negative 1 posted 2019-08-09 ratio 6 react 6 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title If it ain't unbroke, don't fix it, part 2. topic politics wordrate 0 words 44 ID 919957608348759 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/919957608348759 audclicks 4 audreach 2 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 2 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 69 likeclickusers 2 likeuimpress 45 likeuusers 34 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 2 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 69 oreach 37 posted "08/09/2019 09:56:29 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 2 reach 37 type Link ========== How to drain the swamp https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-administration-said-it-was-moving-these-agencies-for-efficiency-now-the-truth-comes-out/2019/08/10/854ccd10-b91a-11e9-b3b4-2bb69e8c4e39_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/no-2-intelligence-official-resigning-trump-announces/2019/08/08/9ed9d266-b54e-11e9-951e-de024209545d_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-is-draining-the-swamp--of-needed-experts/2019/08/08/7ec457e4-ba12-11e9-a091-6a96e67d9cce_story.html Creating an obedient bureaucracy in the North Korean model. As the song says - I always voted at my party's call And never thought of thinking for myself at all I thought so little - they rewarded me - By making me the ruler of the Queen's Navy! == topic politics ===== comments 6 impact 409 impactrate 0 likeimpress 29 negative 0 posted 2019-08-08 ratio 3 react 73 reactrate 0 shares 6 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 32 title How to drain the swamp topic politics wordrate 0 words 56 ID 919522065058980 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/919522065058980 audclicks 32 audreach 21 commentsimpress 6 commentsusers 6 engaged 42 impress 301 likeclickusers 41 likeimpress 29 likeuimpress 209 likeusers 28 likeuusers 168 matchedlinkclicks 10 matchedotherclicks 22 oimpress 301 oreach 224 posted "08/08/2019 07:05:33 PM" postlinkclicks 10 postotherclicks 16 reach 224 sharesimpress 6 sharesusers 6 type Link ========== A coordinated Federal effort on domestic terrorism? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/rise-of-far-right-violence-leads-some-to-call-for-realignment-of-post-911-national-security-priorities/2019/08/05/5a9b43da-b7ad-11e9-a091-6a96e67d9cce_story.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/05/us/politics/domestic-terrorism-shootings.html Will it happen? == topic politics ===== comments 2 impact 25 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 0 posted 2019-08-05 ratio 3 react 19 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 9 title A coordinated Federal effort on domestic terrorism? topic politics wordrate 0 words 13 ID 917614528583067 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/917614528583067 audclicks 9 audreach 6 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 8 impress 91 likeclickusers 8 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 63 likeusers 6 likeuusers 57 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 8 oimpress 91 oreach 59 posted "08/05/2019 09:17:30 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 6 reach 59 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== THIS is an emergency - why wait for Mitch? https://www.huffpost.com/entry/shooting-mitch-mcconell-guns-senate_n_5d470e3ae4b0ca604e33b6b9 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/05/us/politics/mitch-mcconnell-guns.html McConnell might not get over his broken shoulder until some new crisis distracts attention from this one. Why can't the President of the Senate reconvene it? His name happens to be Mike Pence. Now's the time for some executive action. Pence could at least publicly direct McConnell to reconvene and hope McConnell accepts the direction (not sure exactly what the constitutionality of "reconvene" or "direct" from Pence might be). Of course, none of the Republicans want to take a vote on the record that will be used against them either in the primary or the general. https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/917198495291337 == topic politics 1 ===== comments 11 impact 1319 impactrate 0 likeimpress 33 negative 0 posted 2019-08-05 priority 1 ratio 1 react 121 reactrate 0 shares 8 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 69 title THIS is an emergency - why wait for Mitch? topic politics wordrate 0 words 109 ID 917221648622355 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/917221648622355 audclicks 69 audreach 41 commentsimpress 11 commentsusers 8 engaged 57 impress 270 likeclickusers 51 likeimpress 33 likeuimpress 201 likeusers 32 likeuusers 162 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 67 oimpress 270 oreach 185 posted "08/05/2019 07:33:58 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 40 reach 185 sharesimpress 8 sharesusers 8 type Link ========== Not really lone wolves. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/04/opinion/el-paso-terrorism.html == topic politics ===== impact 6 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-08-04 ratio 5 react 8 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title Not really lone wolves. topic politics wordrate 0 words 7 ID 916920281985825 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/916920281985825 audclicks 4 audreach 4 engaged 4 impress 70 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 44 likeusers 1 likeuusers 40 matchedlinkclicks 4 oimpress 70 oreach 41 posted "08/04/2019 08:41:09 PM" postlinkclicks 4 reach 41 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== The difference between Ronald Reagan and George Wallace. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/08/04/why-donald-trump-is-just-following-ronald-reagans-footsteps-race/ Sincere repentance merits sincere forgiveness. No repentance, no forgiveness. == topic politics ===== impact 46 impactrate 0 likeimpress 9 negative 0 posted 2019-08-04 ratio 4 react 23 reactrate 0 shares 6 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 8 title The difference between Ronald Reagan and George Wallace. topic politics wordrate 0 words 20 ID 916884795322707 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/916884795322707 audclicks 8 audreach 7 engaged 14 impress 133 likeclickusers 12 likeimpress 9 likeuimpress 104 likeusers 9 likeuusers 88 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 6 oimpress 133 oreach 93 posted "08/04/2019 07:17:55 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 5 reach 93 sharesimpress 6 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== Yet another weapon systems for which there's probably no effective defense. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/08/02/conversations-with-investors-defense-firms-double-down-hypersonic-weapons/ That doesn't prevent aerospace contractors spending as much taxpayer money as we want to develop ineffective defenses. ===== negative 0 posted 2019-08-03 rate 1 title Yet another weapon systems for which there's probably no topic politics words 28 ID 916132402064613 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/916132402064613 impress 42 likeuimpress 20 likeuusers 14 oimpress 42 oreach 16 posted "08/03/2019 05:15:03 PM" reach 16 type Link ========== The emperor's fingers are always on the scales. That's how empires work. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/08/01/after-trump-cites-amazon-concerns-pentagon-re-examines-billion-jedi-cloud-contract-process/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/us/politics/trump-navy-seal-war-crimes.html Sometimes the alpha male will deputize a beta. https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/gop-senator-held-up-trump-nominee-demanding-to-see-border-wall-contracts-after-army-corps-panned-construction-firm-he-prefers/2019/08/02/b185a76a-b566-11e9-8f6c-7828e68cb15f_story.html == topic politics ===== impact 14 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2019-08-01 ratio 9 react 6 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title The emperor's fingers are always on the scales. That's topic politics wordrate 0 words 23 ID 914789355532251 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/914789355532251 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 6 impress 94 likeclickusers 6 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 67 likeusers 4 likeuusers 53 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 94 oreach 55 posted "08/01/2019 02:23:41 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 55 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== It's hard to evaluate the situation from the outside, but a tweet seems like the wrong channel for resolving it. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/us/politics/trump-navy-seal-war-crimes.html Whatever happened to a rule of laws instead of a rule of men? == topic politics ===== comments 5 hide 1 impact 580 impactrate 0 likeimpress 44 negative 1 posted 2019-07-31 ratio 1 react 161 reactrate 0 shares 8 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 103 title It's hard to evaluate the situation from the outside, topic politics wordrate 0 words 36 ID 914244822253371 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/914244822253371 audclicks 103 audreach 62 commentsimpress 5 commentsusers 5 engaged 86 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 354 likeclickusers 63 likeimpress 44 likeuimpress 251 likeusers 43 likeuusers 183 matchedlinkclicks 36 matchedotherclicks 67 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 354 oreach 235 posted "07/31/2019 06:16:58 PM" postlinkclicks 35 postotherclicks 39 reach 235 sharesimpress 8 sharesusers 8 type Link ========== How terrorists are inspired. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/08/01/how-hell-is-this-not-inciting-violence-gun-store-erects-billboard-with-minority-lawmakers-faces/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/opinion/gilroy-white-domestic-terrorism.html == topic politics ===== comments 1 hide 1 impact 18 impactrate 0 likeimpress 8 negative 1 posted 2019-07-31 ratio 3 react 26 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 13 title How terrorists are inspired. topic politics wordrate 0 words 7 ID 914231968921323 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/914231968921323 audclicks 13 audreach 9 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 15 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 153 likeclickusers 14 likeimpress 8 likeuimpress 125 likeusers 8 likeuusers 91 matchedlinkclicks 5 matchedotherclicks 8 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 153 oreach 98 posted "07/31/2019 05:54:41 PM" postlinkclicks 5 postotherclicks 6 reach 98 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== The spirit of James Watt returns to Federal land management. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/trumps-pick-for-managing-federal-lands-doesnt-believe-the-government-should-have-any/2019/07/31/0bc1118c-b2cf-11e9-8949-5f36ff92706e_story.html == topic politics ===== comments 1 hide 1 impact 130 impactrate 0 likeimpress 43 negative 1 posted 2019-07-31 ratio 3 react 100 reactrate 0 shares 15 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 40 title The spirit of James Watt returns to Federal land topic politics wordrate 0 words 13 ID 914211698923350 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/914211698923350 audclicks 40 audreach 29 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 66 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 441 likeclickusers 50 likeimpress 43 likeuimpress 227 likeusers 41 likeuusers 182 matchedlinkclicks 13 matchedotherclicks 27 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 441 oreach 312 posted "07/31/2019 05:36:39 PM" postlinkclicks 13 postotherclicks 19 reach 312 sharesimpress 15 sharesusers 15 type Link ========== Where to find American Carnage today - in Trump's base. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/29/opinion/trump-racist.html And of course, he's doing nothing to objectively improve it. But if you never admit a mistake, you can never learn anything new. == topic politics ===== comments 1 impact 97 impactrate 0 likeimpress 11 negative 0 posted 2019-07-30 ratio 2 react 27 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 12 title Where to find American Carnage today - in Trump's base. topic politics wordrate 0 words 36 ID 913149345696252 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/913149345696252 audclicks 12 audreach 12 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 18 impress 117 likeclickusers 16 likeimpress 11 likeuimpress 94 likeusers 10 likeuusers 71 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 10 oimpress 117 oreach 74 posted "07/30/2019 06:55:09 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 10 reach 74 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== So much for libertarian ideology. In the end, he's just another racist Trumpist. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sen-rand-paul-offers-to-buy-rep-omar-a-ticket-to-somalia-so-shell-appreciate-america-more/2019/07/29/b875dfb4-b24a-11e9-8f6c-7828e68cb15f_story.html So much for Rand Paul. As for libertarian ideology - http://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#registration == topic politics ===== comments 22 impact 450 impactrate 0 likeimpress 69 negative 0 posted 2019-07-30 ratio 1 react 173 reactrate 0 shares 16 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 66 title So much for libertarian ideology. topic politics wordrate 0 words 26 ID 913138402364013 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/913138402364013 audclicks 66 audreach 46 commentsimpress 22 commentsusers 21 engaged 104 impress 374 likeclickusers 78 likeimpress 69 likeuimpress 314 likeusers 67 likeuusers 234 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 62 oimpress 374 oreach 267 posted "07/30/2019 06:35:20 AM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 42 reach 267 sharesimpress 16 sharesusers 16 type Link ========== Another failure to meet expectations. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/28/us/politics/dan-coats-intelligence-chief-out.html == topic politics ===== comments 3 impact 43 impactrate 0 likeimpress 19 negative 0 posted 2019-07-28 ratio 2 react 54 reactrate 0 shares 6 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 26 title Another failure to meet expectations. topic politics wordrate 0 words 8 ID 911986132479240 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/911986132479240 audclicks 26 audreach 22 commentsimpress 3 commentsusers 3 engaged 31 impress 202 likeclickusers 31 likeimpress 19 likeuimpress 181 likeusers 19 likeuusers 134 matchedlinkclicks 7 matchedotherclicks 19 oimpress 202 oreach 139 posted "07/28/2019 12:45:43 PM" postlinkclicks 7 postotherclicks 16 reach 139 sharesimpress 6 sharesusers 5 type Link ========== The Trumpist party has nothing to do with Lincoln. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/23/opinion/lincoln-republican-party-trump.html == topic politics ===== impact 18 impactrate 0 likeimpress 9 negative 0 posted 2019-07-23 ratio 5 react 15 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title The Trumpist party has nothing to do with Lincoln. topic politics wordrate 0 words 12 ID 908289169515603 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/908289169515603 audclicks 3 audreach 3 engaged 10 impress 123 likeclickusers 9 likeimpress 9 likeuimpress 96 likeusers 9 likeuusers 74 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 123 oreach 77 posted "07/23/2019 07:53:59 AM" postotherclicks 3 reach 77 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== Reducing food stamp eligibility. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/07/23/usda-proposes-snap-change-that-would-push-million-americans-off-food-stamps/ There's undoubtedly room to improve the criteria for assistance, but that should come from Congress, unless Congress has delegated that authority to the executive branch. == topic politics ===== comments 8 hide 1 impact 304 impactrate 0 likeimpress 39 negative 1 posted 2019-07-23 ratio 2 react 95 reactrate 0 shares 12 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 35 title Reducing food stamp eligibility. topic politics wordrate 0 words 32 ID 908268752850978 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/908268752850978 audclicks 35 audreach 25 commentsimpress 8 commentsusers 6 engaged 61 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 343 likeclickusers 49 likeimpress 39 likeuimpress 229 likeusers 38 likeuusers 175 matchedlinkclicks 6 matchedotherclicks 29 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 343 oreach 254 posted "07/23/2019 07:18:20 AM" postlinkclicks 6 postotherclicks 20 reach 254 sharesimpress 12 sharesusers 12 type Link ========== Bipartisanship isn't always productive. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/defense-spending-is-americas-cancerous-bipartisan-consensus/2019/07/18/783a9e1a-a978-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html There's an important reason for defense spending - it's a convenient way to reward allies and punish opponents. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/18/us/politics/trump-amazon-defense-department-contract.html Especially if there's nobody responsible in charge. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/iran-and-north-korea-arent-our-militarys-biggest-concerns-this-is/2019/07/16/4873b540-a7ed-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html == topic politics ===== impact 106 impactrate 0 likeimpress 14 negative 0 posted 2019-07-19 ratio 3 react 33 reactrate 0 shares 8 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 11 title Bipartisanship isn't always productive. topic politics wordrate 0 words 32 ID 905393426471844 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/905393426471844 audclicks 11 audreach 8 engaged 20 impress 147 likeclickusers 20 likeimpress 14 likeuimpress 121 likeusers 14 likeuusers 105 matchedotherclicks 11 oimpress 147 oreach 115 posted "07/19/2019 06:36:40 AM" postotherclicks 8 reach 115 sharesimpress 8 sharesusers 8 type Link ========== How purges work these days. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/magazine/immigration-department-of-homeland-security.html It used to be worse - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Purge == topic politics ===== comments 1 impact 46 impactrate 0 likeimpress 9 negative 0 posted 2019-07-18 ratio 2 react 33 reactrate 0 shares 5 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 18 title How purges work these days. topic politics wordrate 0 words 14 ID 904723749872145 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/904723749872145 audclicks 18 audreach 9 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 13 impress 129 likeclickusers 13 likeimpress 9 likeuimpress 102 likeusers 8 likeuusers 83 matchedlinkclicks 5 matchedotherclicks 13 oimpress 129 oreach 90 posted "07/18/2019 07:32:26 AM" postlinkclicks 5 postotherclicks 5 reach 90 sharesimpress 5 sharesusers 5 type Link ========== What is an emergency? An emergency is when there is an imminent threat to the country and Congress doesn't have time to act. It is not an emergency if Congress fails to act or Congress says no. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/house-votes-to-block-trumps-arms-sales-to-saudi-arabia-setting-up-likely-veto/2019/07/17/7f329a9c-a8ce-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html Abuse of emergency powers is an impeachable offense. As morally repugnant as Trump's racism is, most Republicans will say nothing, or will say that it's a character flaw, not a high crime or misdemeanor. But any conservative worthy of the name has to be concerned about abuse of emergency powers and what Trump's precedent means to the next Democratic president. == topic politics ===== comments 4 impact 830 impactrate 0 likeimpress 35 negative 0 posted 2019-07-17 priority 1 ratio 1 react 83 reactrate 0 shares 10 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 34 title What is an emergency? topic politics wordrate 0 words 100 ID 904295829914937 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/904295829914937 audclicks 34 audreach 25 commentsimpress 4 commentsusers 4 engaged 53 impress 184 likeclickusers 46 likeimpress 35 likeuimpress 166 likeusers 35 likeuusers 122 matchedlinkclicks 9 matchedotherclicks 25 oimpress 184 oreach 125 posted "07/17/2019 04:08:25 PM" postlinkclicks 9 postotherclicks 16 reach 125 sharesimpress 10 sharesusers 9 type Link ========== You say you want a revolution Well, you know We all want to change the world https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/opinion/trump-2020.html Just remember, revolution comes from Congress and the states. Presidential leadership doesn't help if there is no followership. And the game is biased toward conservative voters. http://www.reduce-rural-bias.net/ So if the squad did not exist, it would have been necessary for Mr. Trump to invent it, since even his base seems to realize that Hillary Clinton is not running this time. No matter who the Democrats nominate, Trump and the Trumpists are planning to run against the squad. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/opinion/squad-trump-aoc.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/opinion/trump-tweet-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-squad.html If you want a real revolution, split the anti-Trump vote with independents and third parties and ideological in-fighting. People laughed at a clown named Hitler too, and went on with their ideological in-fighting, until they found out what his henchmen were really about - and then it was too late. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/his-own-fiefdom-mulvaney-builds-an-empire-for-the-right-wing-as-trumps-chief-of-staff/2019/07/14/85c5ebdc-942b-11e9-b570-6416efdc0803_story.html == topic politics 1 ===== comments 3 impact 511 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2019-07-16 priority 1 ratio 2 react 35 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 25 title You say you want a revolution Well, you know We all want topic politics wordrate 0 words 146 ID 903778449966675 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/903778449966675 audclicks 25 audreach 21 commentsimpress 3 commentsusers 3 engaged 23 impress 151 likeclickusers 22 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 116 likeusers 4 likeuusers 97 matchedlinkclicks 9 matchedotherclicks 16 oimpress 151 oreach 103 posted "07/16/2019 09:12:37 PM" postlinkclicks 9 postotherclicks 13 reach 103 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Why do people believe conspiracy theories? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/50-years-after-apollo-conspiracy-theorists-are-still-howling-at-the-moon-hoax/2019/05/23/ca5b4a3a-700e-11e9-9f06-5fc2ee80027a_story.html Why do people who know better promote them? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2019/07/13/half-million-people-signed-up-storm-area-what-happens-if-they-actually-show-up/ Because there's money or celebrity or political power in indulging the gullible. Does Trump know whether his conspiracy theories are true or not? He doesn't care! All he cares about is whether they light up his base and make them think that he is a victim like them - instead of a clumsy con man. == topic politics ===== comments 1 impact 101 impactrate 0 likeimpress 8 negative 0 posted 2019-07-16 ratio 4 react 14 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 5 title Why do people believe conspiracy theories? topic politics wordrate 0 words 72 ID 903694883308365 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/903694883308365 audclicks 5 audreach 5 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 10 impress 91 likeclickusers 10 likeimpress 8 likeuimpress 75 likeusers 7 likeuusers 61 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 4 oimpress 91 oreach 62 posted "07/16/2019 06:00:26 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 4 reach 62 type Link ========== Who's really in charge here? The Dick Cheney of the Trump era. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/his-own-fiefdom-mulvaney-builds-an-empire-for-the-right-wing-as-trumps-chief-of-staff/2019/07/14/85c5ebdc-942b-11e9-b570-6416efdc0803_story.html If Obama was for it, he's against it and wants it stopped NOW in case the Democrats win the Senate in 2020. == topic politics 1 ===== comments 1 impact 228 impactrate 0 likeimpress 20 negative 0 posted 2019-07-15 priority 1 ratio 3 react 60 reactrate 0 shares 11 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 28 title Who's really in charge here? topic politics wordrate 0 words 38 ID 902741100070410 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/902741100070410 audclicks 28 audreach 21 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 38 impress 257 likeclickusers 34 likeimpress 20 likeuimpress 181 likeusers 20 likeuusers 144 matchedlinkclicks 13 matchedotherclicks 15 oimpress 257 oreach 184 posted "07/15/2019 06:52:40 AM" postlinkclicks 13 postotherclicks 10 reach 184 sharesimpress 11 sharesusers 11 type Link ========== But that's all ancient history! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy_Rider Fifty years ago, unpunished racially and culturally motivated violence was common. Rural sheriffs had to be careful to avoid alienating voters in the next primary election, so they usually couldn't solve crimes by locals against outsiders. Finally in order to provide the equal protection of the law mandated in the Constitution, LBJ, a southerner, got Congress to pass the two key laws that finally broke the back of segregation - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965 That made it clear that if state and local law enforcement wouldn't uphold the Constitution, the Feds would help them whether they wanted it or not. The reactionaries have been trying to undo those laws ever since, and have been making progress in the Federal courts thanks to reactionary judicial appointments. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_County_v._Holder If you're not old enough to remember those days there's another chance - https://www.fathomevents.com/events/easy-rider-50th-anniversary Back in that day in middle school, some of the surlier white boys handed out imitation "free one way trip to Africa tickets" to black kids. But that's all ancient history, right? They've outgrown that now for sure. Though there's one dotard who deserves a free one way trip to Mars. Now we have a real character test for the Republicans in public life - either they are Trumpists all the way now or they are not. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/15/us/politics/republicans-trump-tweet.html Pelosi has a plan to force them to commit - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/15/pelosi-is-forcing-house-republicans-go-record-trumps-go-back-tweets/ Probably the Republicans would rather wait to see how it polls, and then decide en masse to stay the course or abandon ship. If the economy sinks, abandon ship for sure. That's why they're willing to do anything to prolong the current recovery. But like suppressing wildfires or using street drugs, prolonging the recovery high probably lengthens the inevitable recession downer. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/15/republicans-trump-quiet-minority-congresswomen-leave/ Such a quandary! Respond according to the next primary or respond according to the next general election? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/15/lindsey-grahams-gops-initial-responses-trumps-go-back-tweets-are-mess/ Foreign responses were less vague. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/07/15/racism-straight-white-house-trumps-tweets-revolt-politicians-around-world/ As for going home, maybe the Drumpf descendants should try making a living in Kallstadt, though they shouldn't expect a warm welcome https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/07/16/go-back-trumps-grandfathers-german-hometown-has-different-message-us-president/ Or did anybody ask the native Liberians how they felt about former American slaves with roots in other parts of Africa who were resettled in Liberia? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberia And for that matter, did anybody ask any Native Americans about who should go home and fix their homeland? And for that matter, did anybody ask the Hopi and Havasupai about the Navajo and Apache? Or did anybody ask - before it was too late - the giant sloths about the two-legged predators that suddenly appeared just as the climate was changing? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megatherium#Extinction This whole line of reasoning is not reasoning, of course, but simple racism, a very old story. That's because dictators need crises and enemies to justify a perpetual state of emergency and dictatorial powers. Rest assured that Trump would never solve the immigration crisis even if he could. Who would he be without the fuel of racism? Likewise the entire Trumpist party. http://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ == topic politics 1 ===== hide 1 impact 679 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 1 posted 2019-07-15 priority 1 ratio 4 react 14 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 7 title But that's all ancient history! topic politics wordrate 0 words 485 ID 902735210070999 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/902735210070999 audclicks 7 audreach 5 engaged 8 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 105 likeclickusers 8 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 70 likeusers 3 likeuusers 58 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 4 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 105 oreach 61 posted "07/15/2019 06:43:24 AM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 4 reach 61 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== The challenges ahead https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/02/opinion/america-threat.html == topic politics ===== impact 17 impactrate 0 likeimpress 16 negative 0 posted 2019-07-03 ratio 3 react 29 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 10 title The challenges ahead topic politics wordrate 0 words 6 ID 895009217510265 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/895009217510265 audclicks 10 audreach 10 engaged 18 impress 129 likeclickusers 14 likeimpress 16 likeuimpress 109 likeusers 15 likeuusers 95 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 6 oimpress 129 oreach 97 posted "07/03/2019 07:09:18 AM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 6 reach 97 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== A plan to end homelessness! http://washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/02/trump-paints-dark-picture-homelessness-cities-we-may-intercede/ Just as soon as he publishes his Obamacare replacement that will provide better care for more people for less money. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/02/trumps-incoherent-monologue-homelessness/ Trump could make a start by figuring out a way to provide safe sanitary parking for the near-homeless in RV's. https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/07/01/as-rv-dwelling-soars-san-mateo-countys-homeless-population-rises-21-percent/ == topic politics 1 ===== comments 7 hide 2 impact 480 impactrate 0 likeimpress 21 negative 2 posted 2019-07-02 priority 1 ratio 1 react 98 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 66 title A plan to end homelessness! topic politics wordrate 0 words 49 ID 894365594241294 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/894365594241294 audclicks 66 audreach 44 commentsimpress 7 commentsusers 6 engaged 52 hideclicks 2 hideclicksusers 2 impress 265 likeclickusers 50 likeimpress 21 likeuimpress 230 likeusers 21 likeuusers 158 matchedlinkclicks 9 matchedotherclicks 57 negclicks 2 negusers 2 oimpress 265 oreach 170 posted "07/02/2019 08:16:45 AM" postlinkclicks 9 postotherclicks 38 reach 170 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Losing track of how to get where you want to go. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/28/opinion/versailles-treaty-woodrow-wilson.html == topic politics ===== impact 4 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-06-29 ratio 8 react 3 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Losing track of how to get where you want to go. topic politics wordrate 0 words 14 ID 892225391121981 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/892225391121981 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 2 impress 42 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 25 likeusers 2 likeuusers 23 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 42 oreach 24 posted "06/29/2019 06:24:44 AM" postotherclicks 1 reach 24 type Link ========== It took four months to decide something was wrong. How long would it have taken if the Republicans were still a majority? https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/ethics-committee-investigating-rep-gaetz-for-tweet-threatening-michael-cohen/2019/06/28/80332ea8-99c8-11e9-8d0a-5edd7e2025b1_story.html == topic politics ===== comments 4 impact 188 impactrate 0 likeimpress 29 negative 0 posted 2019-06-28 ratio 1 react 75 reactrate 0 shares 10 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 32 title It took four months to decide something was wrong. topic politics wordrate 0 words 25 ID 891848214493032 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/891848214493032 audclicks 32 audreach 25 commentsimpress 4 commentsusers 4 engaged 46 impress 172 likeclickusers 43 likeimpress 29 likeuimpress 154 likeusers 29 likeuusers 127 matchedlinkclicks 10 matchedotherclicks 22 oimpress 172 oreach 130 posted "06/28/2019 04:04:17 PM" postlinkclicks 10 postotherclicks 17 reach 130 sharesimpress 10 sharesusers 10 type Link ========== Freedom Caucus founding principle - to be free of principles. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/remember-when-conservatives-believed-no-one-was-above-the-law/2019/06/26/3bfbca34-9855-11e9-830a-21b9b36b64ad_story.html Just what is liberty under law anyway? That's something Democrats must figure out since the Trumpists won't. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/06/25/america-loves-freedom-what-does-that-mean-democratic-candidates/ Justin Amash, one of the founders of the Freedom Caucus, gave up - https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/10/politics/justin-amash-leaves-freedom-caucus/index.html How about a special fund just to nominate worthy opponents to all the Freedom Caucus members - and elect them? For the time being - https://dccc.org/ == topic politics ===== comments 2 impact 313 impactrate 0 likeimpress 15 negative 0 posted 2019-06-26 ratio 2 react 46 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 25 title Freedom Caucus founding principle - to be free of topic politics wordrate 0 words 68 ID 890660874611766 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/890660874611766 audclicks 25 audreach 19 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 26 impress 170 likeclickusers 26 likeimpress 15 likeuimpress 119 likeusers 15 likeuusers 101 matchedlinkclicks 5 matchedotherclicks 20 oimpress 170 oreach 127 posted "06/26/2019 07:05:55 PM" postlinkclicks 5 postotherclicks 17 reach 127 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== No robots needed at the top of the food chain. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/26/opinion/global-economy-cannes.html == topic technology ===== impact 1 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-06-26 ratio 23 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title No robots needed at the top of the food chain. topic politics wordrate 0 words 13 ID 890593311285189 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/890593311285189 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 45 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 24 likeuusers 21 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 45 oreach 23 posted "06/26/2019 04:55:47 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 23 type Link ========== Trump delivers on his promises. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/25/climate/trump-minnesota-mine.html Foreign billionaire donors 1, Boundary Waters 0. == topic politics ===== comments 1 impact 170 impactrate 0 likeimpress 40 negative 0 posted 2019-06-25 ratio 1 react 113 reactrate 0 shares 19 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 53 title Trump delivers on his promises. topic politics wordrate 0 words 15 ID 889519218059265 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/889519218059265 audclicks 53 audreach 31 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 57 impress 292 likeclickusers 49 likeimpress 40 likeuimpress 206 likeusers 38 likeuusers 175 matchedlinkclicks 14 matchedotherclicks 39 oimpress 292 oreach 225 posted "06/25/2019 07:39:41 AM" postlinkclicks 14 postotherclicks 26 reach 225 sharesimpress 19 sharesusers 18 type Link ========== Nobody can lead and nobody can follow. And that's just the Republican side. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/gop-in-disarray-as-budget-impasse-threatens-shutdown-deep-cuts--and-default/2019/06/15/6a61e6dc-8ded-11e9-8f69-a2795fca3343_story.html == topic politics ===== comments 6 impact 128 impactrate 0 likeimpress 29 negative 0 posted 2019-06-15 ratio 2 react 80 reactrate 0 shares 12 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 33 title Nobody can lead and nobody can follow. topic politics wordrate 0 words 16 ID 882848368726350 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/882848368726350 audclicks 33 audreach 25 commentsimpress 6 commentsusers 5 engaged 44 impress 264 likeclickusers 40 likeimpress 29 likeuimpress 195 likeusers 28 likeuusers 142 matchedlinkclicks 13 matchedotherclicks 20 oimpress 264 oreach 181 posted "06/15/2019 06:59:11 PM" postlinkclicks 13 postotherclicks 15 reach 181 sharesimpress 12 sharesusers 12 type Link ========== There's more than one Special Counsel! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/office-of-special-counsel-recommends-removal-of-kellyanne-conway-from-federal-office-for-violating-the-hatch-act/2019/06/13/0786ae2e-8df4-11e9-8f69-a2795fca3343_story.html But Trump doesn't care about any of them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-he-wont-fire-kellyanne-conway-over-hatch-act-violations/2019/06/14/76f31a94-8e9f-11e9-adf3-f70f78c156e8_story.html Who was Hatch anyway? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatch_Act_of_1939 And just what is the United States Office of Special Counsel? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Office_of_Special_Counsel And who is Henry Kerner? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Kerner == topic politics 1 ===== comments 3 impact 274 impactrate 0 likeimpress 26 negative 0 posted 2019-06-13 priority 1 ratio 1 react 72 reactrate 0 shares 8 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 35 title There's more than one Special Counsel! topic politics wordrate 0 words 38 ID 881175658893621 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/881175658893621 audclicks 35 audreach 27 commentsimpress 3 commentsusers 3 engaged 43 impress 190 likeclickusers 40 likeimpress 26 likeuimpress 160 likeusers 26 likeuusers 99 matchedlinkclicks 11 matchedotherclicks 24 oimpress 190 oreach 105 posted "06/13/2019 09:25:48 AM" postlinkclicks 11 postotherclicks 19 reach 105 sharesimpress 8 sharesusers 5 type Link ========== Another indictment. https://www.npr.org/2019/05/23/726152219/feds-charge-chicago-banker-in-alleged-trump-administration-bribe-scheme You'd have to go back to Warren Harding to find so much corruption in government. And Harding at least convened the conference that produced the world's first global disarmament treaty. == topic politics ===== comments 3 impact 175 impactrate 0 likeimpress 21 negative 0 posted 2019-06-05 ratio 2 react 50 reactrate 0 shares 9 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 17 title Another indictment. topic politics wordrate 0 words 35 ID 875689976108856 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/875689976108856 audclicks 17 audreach 14 commentsimpress 3 commentsusers 3 engaged 32 impress 173 likeclickusers 30 likeimpress 21 likeuimpress 145 likeusers 20 likeuusers 115 matchedlinkclicks 6 matchedotherclicks 11 oimpress 173 oreach 119 posted "06/05/2019 07:50:53 PM" postlinkclicks 6 postotherclicks 9 reach 119 sharesimpress 9 sharesusers 9 type Link ========== Will the Senate shake off it's "do-nothing" mantle? On arms sales - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-approved-sharing-sensitive-nuclear-technology-with-saudi-arabia-after-khashoggi-murder/2019/06/04/d7b76676-86ef-11e9-a870-b9c411dc4312_story.html On trade policy - https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/mexico-sees-80-percent-chance-of-a-deal-to-head-off-trump-tariffs/2019/06/04/53bdce08-86c4-11e9-98c1-e945ae5db8fb_story.html Now it has a chance to act on immigration - https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-poised-to-pass-immigration-bill-that-would-protect-dreamers/2019/06/04/bac5cf98-86d7-11e9-a491-25df61c78dc4_story.html Missiles launched at America is an emergency requiring executive action. "Congress won't act" is not an emergency. Is Congress going to insist? https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/875379849473202 Regardless of their positions on vaccinations, all politicians believe in herd immunity - so when they sense that the herd is moving toward or away from impeachment, or any other issue, they tend to move along with the herd, as a herd. Safety in numbers. Herd opinion changes overnight, if at all, like an avalanche. == topic politics 1 ===== comments 17 impact 2429 impactrate 0 likeimpress 141 negative 0 posted 2019-06-05 priority 1 ratio 0 react 227 reactrate 0 shares 30 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 39 title Will the Senate shake off it's "do-nothing" topic politics wordrate 0 words 107 ID 875466109464576 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/875466109464576 audclicks 39 audreach 28 commentsimpress 17 commentsusers 15 engaged 148 impress 268 likeclickusers 47 likeimpress 141 likeuimpress 190 likeusers 136 likeuusers 154 matchedlinkclicks 6 matchedotherclicks 33 oimpress 268 oreach 185 posted "06/05/2019 11:30:51 AM" postlinkclicks 6 postotherclicks 25 reach 185 sharesimpress 30 sharesusers 11 type Link ========== It wasn't pretty, but disaster relief finally passed. Watching the sausage being made works best on an empty stomach. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/house-to-pass-19-billion-disaster-aid-bill-and-send-it-to-trump/2019/06/03/c77c5fcc-8628-11e9-a491-25df61c78dc4_story.html == topic politics ===== impact 42 impactrate 0 likeimpress 11 negative 0 posted 2019-06-03 ratio 5 react 19 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 5 title It wasn't pretty, but disaster relief finally passed. topic politics wordrate 0 words 22 ID 874080776269776 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/874080776269776 audclicks 5 audreach 4 engaged 12 impress 156 likeclickusers 12 likeimpress 11 likeuimpress 133 likeusers 11 likeuusers 103 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 156 oreach 106 posted "06/03/2019 03:02:22 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 3 reach 106 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== Anything that avoids a default by the Federal government is a good thing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/white-house-congressional-leaders-push-for-two-year-budget-deal/2019/05/21/dfb8ceb8-7bf6-11e9-8bb7-0fc796cf2ec0_story.html But it's hard to imagine that the hard core resisters will give up the chance for the spotlight. https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/21/congress-budget-deal-1337459 It would be good to give up on the deficit ceiling law once and for all. It doesn't really work except to give grandstanders a chance to throw sand in the gears, which grind slowly enough in the best of times. == topic politics ===== impact 75 impactrate 0 likeimpress 7 negative 0 posted 2019-06-03 ratio 5 react 10 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Anything that avoids a default by the Federal government topic politics wordrate 0 words 75 ID 873870312957489 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/873870312957489 audclicks 2 audreach 2 engaged 8 impress 91 likeclickusers 8 likeimpress 7 likeuimpress 63 likeusers 6 likeuusers 55 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 91 oreach 58 posted "06/03/2019 07:57:03 AM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 1 reach 58 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Big tent or small? You want to be able to control the agenda and pass legislation or not? https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/facing-down-liberal-critics-rep-cheri-bustos-pledges-to-keep-democrats-tent-big/2019/05/31/2381d8ea-83b5-11e9-933d-7501070ee669_story.html == topic politics 1 ===== negative 0 posted 2019-06-01 priority 1 rate 3 title Big tent or small? topic politics words 22 ID 872453026432551 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/872453026432551 impress 61 likeuimpress 40 likeuusers 29 oimpress 61 oreach 31 posted "06/01/2019 06:45:35 AM" reach 31 type Link ========== Why just California? https://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/fires/article230474629.html It's not just fires - https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/05/21/state-sues-trump-administration-over-high-speed-rail-funds/ but maybe putting a bullet in the bullet train is not quite such a bad idea - https://calmatters.org/articles/commentary/trump-doing-california-a-bullet-train-favor/ And it's not ALL about California - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/06/03/trump-urges-customers-drop-att-punish-cnn-over-its-coverage-him/ That's just the way this administration rolls. == topic politics ===== comments 23 impact 769 impactrate 0 likeimpress 57 negative 0 posted 2019-06-01 ratio 1 react 183 reactrate 0 shares 23 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 80 title Why just California? topic politics wordrate 0 words 42 ID 872442299766957 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/872442299766957 audclicks 80 audreach 49 commentsimpress 23 commentsusers 19 engaged 96 impress 401 likeclickusers 73 likeimpress 57 likeuimpress 290 likeusers 56 likeuusers 226 matchedlinkclicks 10 matchedotherclicks 70 oimpress 401 oreach 298 posted "06/01/2019 06:23:39 AM" postlinkclicks 10 postotherclicks 41 reach 298 sharesimpress 23 sharesusers 22 type Link ========== Why Infrastructure Week always turns out to be a bad joke. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-trump-coverup-no-one-is-talking-about/2019/05/26/24eb63c4-7e4f-11e9-a5b3-34f3edf1351e_story.html == topic politics ===== impact 15 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2019-05-29 ratio 4 react 11 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 6 title Why Infrastructure Week always turns out to be a bad joke. topic politics wordrate 0 words 14 ID 870791503265370 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/870791503265370 audclicks 6 audreach 5 engaged 8 impress 74 likeclickusers 8 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 52 likeusers 4 likeuusers 46 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 74 oreach 48 posted "05/29/2019 04:55:12 PM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 3 reach 48 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== The Lone Ranger reads for himself. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republican-rep-justin-amash-says-trump-should-be-impeached/2019/05/18/be3c3b3c-79a6-11e9-bd25-c989555e7766_story.html He has other interesting ideas. https://www.sentinel-standard.com/news/20190313/amash-introduces-bill-to-eliminate-straight-ticket-voting == topic politics ===== comments 10 impact 190 impactrate 0 likeimpress 57 negative 0 posted 2019-05-18 ratio 1 react 136 reactrate 0 shares 12 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 57 title The Lone Ranger reads for himself. topic politics wordrate 0 words 14 ID 863476827330171 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/863476827330171 audclicks 57 audreach 33 commentsimpress 10 commentsusers 9 engaged 76 impress 269 likeclickusers 60 likeimpress 57 likeuimpress 238 likeusers 57 likeuusers 164 matchedlinkclicks 10 matchedotherclicks 47 oimpress 269 oreach 175 posted "05/18/2019 02:30:42 PM" postlinkclicks 9 postotherclicks 29 reach 175 sharesimpress 12 sharesusers 12 type Link ========== False gods usually serve profane purposes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/who-knew-the-nra-was-so-beverly-hills/2019/05/15/9b5ed54e-774d-11e9-bd25-c989555e7766_story.html Unfortunately they couldn't keep private their internal dispute about how to divy up the pie. == topic politics ===== impact 48 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 0 posted 2019-05-16 ratio 3 react 20 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 12 title False gods usually serve profane purposes. topic politics wordrate 0 words 24 ID 862213507456503 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/862213507456503 audclicks 12 audreach 11 engaged 16 impress 116 likeclickusers 16 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 89 likeusers 6 likeuusers 70 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 8 oimpress 116 oreach 73 posted "05/16/2019 06:06:22 PM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 8 reach 73 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Monetizing the gullible right-wing assets https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/05/08/how-scam-that-angered-trump-reveals-right-wings-inner-workings/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/05/11/group-raised-more-than-million-build-wall-now-some-supporters-want-answers/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/senate-democrats-ask-nra-execs-pr-firm-for-documents-related-to-alleged-self-dealing/2019/05/02/870db132-6d0c-11e9-8f44-e8d8bb1df986_story.html == topic politics ===== comments 2 impact 38 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 0 posted 2019-05-14 ratio 2 react 47 reactrate 0 shares 5 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 34 title Monetizing the gullible right-wing assets topic politics wordrate 0 words 8 ID 860470770964110 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/860470770964110 audclicks 34 audreach 27 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 1 engaged 30 impress 161 likeclickusers 28 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 105 likeusers 6 likeuusers 88 matchedlinkclicks 24 matchedotherclicks 10 oimpress 161 oreach 116 posted "05/14/2019 07:26:00 AM" postlinkclicks 23 postotherclicks 7 reach 116 sharesimpress 5 sharesusers 5 type Link ========== Who knew Ike was so prescient? https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/05/07/why-democrats-all-americans-should-embrace-centrism/ Ike also popularized the term "military-industrial complex." == topic politics ===== comments 1 impact 35 impactrate 0 likeimpress 7 negative 0 posted 2019-05-08 ratio 4 react 22 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 11 title Who knew Ike was so prescient? topic politics wordrate 0 words 16 ID 857072674637253 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/857072674637253 audclicks 11 audreach 8 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 13 impress 138 likeclickusers 12 likeimpress 7 likeuimpress 93 likeusers 7 likeuusers 76 matchedlinkclicks 5 matchedotherclicks 6 oimpress 138 oreach 92 posted "05/08/2019 04:17:40 PM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 5 reach 92 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== Don't sell an idea you can't deliver. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/why-vermonts-single-payer-effort-failed-and-what-democrats-can-learn-from-it/2019/04/29/c9789018-3ab8-11e9-a2cd-307b06d0257b_story.html == topic politics ===== impact 4 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-04-29 ratio 9 react 4 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title Don't sell an idea you can't deliver. topic politics wordrate 0 words 10 ID 851723231838864 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/851723231838864 audclicks 3 audreach 3 engaged 4 impress 66 likeclickusers 4 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 50 likeusers 1 likeuusers 37 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 66 oreach 39 posted "04/29/2019 08:49:15 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 1 reach 39 type Link ========== Forget identity politics - who's the real patriot? Who would the Founding Fathers have approved of? https://s2.washingtonpost.com/12b059b/5cc2ddaefe1ff6510310eb9e/cmVhZGVyQG9ha2FwcGxlLm5ldA%3D%3D/18/85/a447ec5e47a48aa49fe4fb992a3848ab O beautiful for pilgrim feet, Whose stern, impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across the wilderness! America! America! God mend thine every flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law! O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife, Who more than self their country loved And mercy more than life! America! America! May God thy gold refine, Till all success be nobleness, And every gain divine! O beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam Undimmed by human tears! America! America! God shed His grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! == topic politics 1 ===== comments 1 hide 1 impact 227 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 1 posted 2019-04-26 priority 1 ratio 4 react 18 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 9 title Forget identity politics - who's the real patriot? topic politics wordrate 0 words 126 ID 849933688684485 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/849933688684485 audclicks 9 audreach 6 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 10 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 118 likeclickusers 9 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 73 likeusers 3 likeuusers 58 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 8 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 118 oreach 80 posted "04/26/2019 07:41:55 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 5 reach 80 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== Smarter than the average Trumpist! But how hard is that? https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article229480349.html == topic politics ===== comments 8 hide 1 impact 139 impactrate 0 likeimpress 48 negative 1 posted 2019-04-23 ratio 2 react 107 reactrate 0 shares 11 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 39 title Smarter than the average Trumpist! topic politics wordrate 0 words 13 ID 847844282226759 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/847844282226759 audclicks 39 audreach 32 commentsimpress 8 commentsusers 7 engaged 61 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 392 likeclickusers 43 likeimpress 48 likeuimpress 168 likeusers 48 likeuusers 138 matchedlinkclicks 12 matchedotherclicks 27 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 392 oreach 294 posted "04/23/2019 01:11:32 PM" postlinkclicks 12 postotherclicks 22 reach 294 sharesimpress 11 sharesusers 11 type Link ========== What exactly do the people want? Medicare for all? Universal coverage? Single payer? The most important question is whether anybody believes that the average person has any other choices than medical insurance governed by an anonymous government bureaucrat in Washington vs an anonymous corporate bureaucrat on Wall Street. Does anybody really believe they are better off with the latter? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/04/16/how-fox-news-accidentally-revealed-truth-about-support-medicare-for-all/ What's beyond question is that the Trump administration hasn't a clue how to deliver his promise of better medical care for more people for less money. Trump is expecting Congress to come up with something - anything - that he can claim delivers on his promise. But not until after the election. == topic politics ===== impact 331 impactrate 0 likeimpress 11 negative 0 posted 2019-04-17 ratio 3 react 29 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 16 title What exactly do the people want? topic politics wordrate 0 words 114 ID 844406215903899 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/844406215903899 audclicks 16 audreach 15 engaged 22 impress 159 likeclickusers 21 likeimpress 11 likeuimpress 118 likeusers 11 likeuusers 88 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 12 oimpress 158 oreach 104 posted "04/17/2019 09:03:25 PM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 11 reach 104 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== America's first war on terror https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-fight-against-white-supremacy-could-learn-something-from-americas-first-war-on-terror/2019/04/08/e7b088da-5a0f-11e9-a00e-050dc7b82693_story.html Not everybody knows that in an era of no rural fire protection and no locks on doors, the Klan terrorized white people they didn't like as well as blacks. == topic politics ===== impact 41 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-04-16 ratio 5 react 11 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 9 title America's first war on terror topic politics wordrate 0 words 37 ID 843774539300400 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/843774539300400 audclicks 9 audreach 8 engaged 8 impress 92 likeclickusers 7 likeuimpress 51 likeuusers 46 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 8 oimpress 92 oreach 61 posted "04/16/2019 06:21:20 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 7 reach 61 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== More Americans freed from oppressive Federal regulation https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/03/25/hidden-victims-trumps-deregulatory-agenda-nursing-home-residents/ == topic politics ===== comments 1 impact 70 impactrate 0 likeimpress 25 negative 0 posted 2019-04-15 ratio 3 react 70 reactrate 0 shares 8 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 36 title More Americans freed from oppressive Federal regulation topic politics wordrate 0 words 10 ID 843177429360111 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/843177429360111 audclicks 36 audreach 26 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 38 impress 293 likeclickusers 35 likeimpress 25 likeuimpress 180 likeusers 24 likeuusers 141 matchedlinkclicks 18 matchedotherclicks 18 oimpress 293 oreach 220 posted "04/15/2019 05:42:38 PM" postlinkclicks 18 postotherclicks 11 reach 220 sharesimpress 8 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== Translating inspiration to action https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-york-man-charged-with-threatening-to-kill-rep-ilhan-omar-ill-put-a-bullet-in-her And whence the inspiration? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-rep-omar-doesnt-like-israel-one-day-after-arrest-in-threat-case/2019/04/06/6e458366-587e-11e9-814f-e2f46684196e_story.html == topic politics ===== comments 1 impact 29 impactrate 0 likeimpress 8 negative 0 posted 2019-04-10 ratio 2 react 26 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 16 title Translating inspiration to action topic politics wordrate 0 words 11 ID 840230582988129 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/840230582988129 audclicks 16 audreach 11 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 13 impress 94 likeclickusers 13 likeimpress 8 likeuimpress 75 likeusers 8 likeuusers 57 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 15 oimpress 94 oreach 63 posted "04/10/2019 10:34:42 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 11 reach 63 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== The apotheosis of the Southern Strategy Some old-fashioned Republicans think the Trumpism that converted the Republican Party into the Trumpist Party was some kind of random external infection. And indeed there were some foreign influences at work that reduced the party's resistance to infection. But the ultimate reality is that Trumpism is the culmination of the Southern Strategy popularized by Kevin Phillips and embraced by Nixon and Goldwater. The Republicans of that era observed the stain on the Democratic Party arising from the original sins of slavery, segregation, and suppression of voters. The Republicans kindly - how Christian of them - took those sins upon themselves and embraced them, with only some trepidation expressed in 2005, that was fully recanted with the arrival of the Tea Party. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy Now the extreme part of the Trump base, no longer segregated as unfit for polite politics, is fully integrated into the plan of the Trumpist Party. It's one of the pillars of Trumpism: 1) all the racists, anti-semites, Nazis, white supremacists 2) all the single-issue voters on wedge issues like abortion, guns, anti-Castro 3) suppression of likely Democratic voters wherever possible by whatever means possible, including gerrymandering 4) all the billionaire Trumpist donors benefiting from tax reduction and de-regulation that fund everything through anonymous unlimited dark money It's impossible to elect a Trumpist without all these forces aligned, but they aren't enough - it's necessary to frighten as many other voters as possible and promise to do something to alleviate their fears. Of course they never deliver any solutions - why should they eliminate the issues that motivate those voters towards them? And - what a surprise - the names of Manafort and Stone come up - and their greatest felonies against democracy. https://rantt.com/how-the-political-realignment-of-the-south-gave-us-donald-trump/ Will either of them recant on their deathbeds? "My illness helped me to see that what was missing in society is what was missing in me: a little heart, a lot of brotherhood." https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/bckgrnd/atwater.htm == Former Republicans that don't think of themselves as Trumpists are in a quandary. There is no possibility of prevailing against Trump in Republican primaries - he's got the base and the donors. If they run as independents or third party candidates or stay home and go fishing, they dilute the Democratic candidate and practically assure a Trump victory, through the House of Representatives if necessary. == topic politics 1 ===== impact 904 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2019-04-09 priority 1 ratio 3 react 23 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 16 title The apotheosis of the Southern Strategy topic politics wordrate 0 words 393 ID 839290289748825 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/839290289748825 audclicks 16 audreach 12 engaged 13 impress 152 likeclickusers 13 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 80 likeusers 4 likeuusers 58 matchedotherclicks 16 oimpress 152 oreach 84 posted "04/09/2019 11:13:06 AM" postotherclicks 12 reach 84 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== Putting the best people in charge Two completely opposite ideas of best for two completely opposite ideas of progress https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/04/08/stacey-abrams-gives-graduate-school-class-voter-suppression/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/04/08/end-charade-appoint-stephen-miller-run-dhs/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/08/us/politics/randolph-alles-secret-service.html == topic politics ===== impact 24 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 0 posted 2019-04-08 ratio 6 react 11 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 5 title Putting the best people in charge topic politics wordrate 0 words 22 ID 838821869795667 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/838821869795667 audclicks 5 audreach 5 engaged 8 impress 102 likeclickusers 8 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 84 likeusers 6 likeuusers 69 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 4 oimpress 102 oreach 71 posted "04/08/2019 05:52:21 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 4 reach 71 type Link ========== Charles Koch rethinks his approach https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2019/04/03/daily-202-charles-koch-wants-a-more-open-border-immigration-is-one-reason-he-s-backed-away-from-the-gop/5ca38a9b1b326b0f7f38f2eb Koch can see that the Trumpist party actually offers very little to libertarians. == topic politics ===== comments 2 impact 46 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-04-03 ratio 3 react 22 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 15 title Charles Koch rethinks his approach topic politics wordrate 0 words 21 ID 835576303453557 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/835576303453557 audclicks 15 audreach 10 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 12 impress 115 likeclickusers 11 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 62 likeusers 2 likeuusers 53 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 11 oimpress 115 oreach 75 posted "04/03/2019 10:32:56 AM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 9 reach 75 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Lifting the heavy hand of Federal overreach https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/after-hundreds-of-crashes-this-britax-jogging-stroller-faced-recall-then-trump-appointees-stepped-in/2019/04/02/faf23c20-4c06-11e9-b79a-961983b7e0cd_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/this-clinics-experimental-stem-cell-treatment-blinded-patients-four-years-later-the-government-is-still-trying-to-shut-it-down/2019/04/03/432d6d04-ff2f-11e8-83c0-b06139e540e5_story.html == topic politics ===== impact 18 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 0 posted 2019-04-02 ratio 4 react 18 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 11 title Lifting the heavy hand of Federal overreach topic politics wordrate 0 words 10 ID 835203893490798 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/835203893490798 audclicks 11 audreach 9 engaged 13 impress 119 likeclickusers 12 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 93 likeusers 6 likeuusers 71 matchedlinkclicks 8 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 119 oreach 75 posted "04/02/2019 08:18:38 PM" postlinkclicks 8 postotherclicks 2 reach 75 sharesimpress 1 type Link ========== Belligerence, shamelessness, and partisanship Oliver North is now head of the NRA. William Barr is Attorney General. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/opinion/trump-russia-iran-contra.html == topic politics 1 ===== comments 2 impact 69 impactrate 0 likeimpress 7 negative 0 posted 2019-03-28 priority 1 ratio 2 react 33 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 22 title Belligerence, shamelessness, and partisanship topic politics wordrate 0 words 21 ID 832159200461934 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/832159200461934 audclicks 22 audreach 14 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 1 engaged 16 impress 107 likeclickusers 16 likeimpress 7 likeuimpress 76 likeusers 7 likeuusers 65 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 20 oimpress 107 oreach 80 posted "03/28/2019 05:51:46 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 13 reach 80 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Brainstorming on the left The idea of brainstorming is that you consider a lot of ideas to find something new that works really well. If you're only looking at things that you already know will more or less work, you're not going to make very much progress. The secret of making progress against a reactionary Trumpist Senate is to see if you can't trick Trump to put his name on your idea - in gilt - so that he'll make his reactionaries follow. It worked for North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Russia, and China, so why not at home? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/27/opinion/democrats-2020.html == topic politics 1 ===== impact 82 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-03-27 priority 1 ratio 4 react 8 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 7 title Brainstorming on the left topic politics wordrate 0 words 102 ID 831663880511466 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/831663880511466 audclicks 7 audreach 6 engaged 6 impress 57 likeclickusers 5 likeuimpress 33 likeuusers 31 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 6 oimpress 57 oreach 37 posted "03/27/2019 09:00:59 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 5 reach 37 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== You can't make this stuff up! But a Congressman can! If you don't have a good argument against the facts, make up some fantasies and argue against them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/03/27/senators-argument-against-green-new-deal-machine-gun-toting-ronald-reagan-riding-velociraptor == topic politics ===== comments 12 hide 1 impact 322 impactrate 0 likeimpress 22 negative 1 posted 2019-03-27 ratio 2 react 104 reactrate 0 shares 7 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 62 title You can't make this stuff up! topic politics wordrate 0 words 31 ID 831387503872437 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/831387503872437 audclicks 62 audreach 40 commentsimpress 12 commentsusers 8 engaged 52 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 423 likeclickusers 19 likeimpress 22 likeuimpress 126 likeusers 22 likeuusers 91 matchedlinkclicks 15 matchedotherclicks 47 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 423 oreach 270 posted "03/27/2019 08:56:58 AM" postlinkclicks 15 postotherclicks 32 reach 270 sharesimpress 7 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/02/27/accused-witness-tampering-matt-gaetz-apologizes-deletes-tweet-insists-he-wasnt-threatening-cohen/ Gaetz really should profit from Cohen's example to learn the wages of enabling Trump. == topic politics ===== comments 7 impact 242 impactrate 0 likeimpress 43 negative 0 posted 2019-02-27 ratio 2 react 101 reactrate 0 shares 7 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 44 title Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy topic politics wordrate 0 words 24 ID 814447618899759 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/814447618899759 audclicks 44 audreach 35 commentsimpress 7 commentsusers 6 engaged 63 impress 347 likeclickusers 50 likeimpress 43 likeuimpress 188 likeusers 42 likeuusers 138 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 40 oimpress 347 oreach 253 posted "02/27/2019 03:17:32 PM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 33 reach 253 sharesimpress 7 sharesusers 7 type Link ========== Who really wants to invest in infrastructure? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/18/opinion/trump-infrastructure.html == topic politics ===== comments 2 impact 22 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 0 posted 2019-02-19 ratio 2 react 22 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 12 title Who really wants to invest in infrastructure? topic politics wordrate 0 words 10 ID 809559469388574 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/809559469388574 audclicks 12 audreach 9 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 11 impress 93 likeclickusers 9 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 54 likeusers 6 likeuusers 46 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 10 oimpress 93 oreach 65 posted "02/19/2019 07:08:16 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 8 reach 65 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== The South shall rise again - at least to the top of the Trumpist base https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/welcome-to-possibly-the-only-town-in-america-that-wants-a-new-civil-war-memorial/2019/02/18/18eb69f2-33a9-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/02/19/time-ku-klux-klan-night-ride-again-an-alabama-newspaper-editor-wants-bring-back-lynching https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/02/19/far-right-proud-boys-chairman-sat-behind-trump-his-latest-speech http://www.political-scrapbook.net/trump.html#Second%20Trump%20Constituency == topic politics ===== impact 4 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-02-19 ratio 16 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title The South shall rise again - at least to the top of the topic politics wordrate 0 words 18 ID 809550549389466 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/809550549389466 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 2 impress 65 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 49 likeusers 1 likeuusers 31 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 65 oreach 33 posted "02/19/2019 06:50:07 AM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 33 type Link ========== Fake news - declaring victories past and present Present - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/off-the-rails-inside-trumps-attempt-to-claim-victory-in-his-border-wall-defeat/2019/02/14/af772978-2fe5-11e9-8ad3-9a5b113ecd3c_story.html Past - https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/02/15/why-russia-no-longer-regrets-its-invasion-afghanistan/ And now for another kind of fake news - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-14/facebook-says-it-may-remove-anti-vaccine-recommendations There wouldn't be any foreign influence trying to add fuel to that fire? == topic politics ===== impact 7 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-02-15 ratio 11 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Fake news - declaring victories past and present topic politics wordrate 0 words 37 ID 807109106300277 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/807109106300277 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 51 likeclickusers 1 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 24 likeusers 1 likeuusers 20 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 51 oreach 23 posted "02/15/2019 06:49:04 AM" postotherclicks 1 reach 23 type Link ========== Trump responds to another critical national security emergency - supporting billionaire donors https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-urges-tennessee-valley-authority-to-keep-open-49-year-old-coal-plant/2019/02/12/6fa1810c-2ed9-11e9-813a-0ab2f17e305b_story.html But the TVA board, including his appointees, didn't but it - https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/tva-defies-trump-votes-to-shut-down-two-aging-coal-fired-power-plants/2019/02/14/6cc0c9f8-3077-11e9-86ab-5d02109aeb01_story.html == topic politics ===== comments 1 impact 31 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 0 posted 2019-02-13 ratio 4 react 12 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title Trump responds to another critical national security topic politics wordrate 0 words 26 ID 805841993093655 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/805841993093655 audclicks 4 audreach 3 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 7 impress 89 likeclickusers 7 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 62 likeusers 6 likeuusers 53 matchedotherclicks 4 oimpress 89 oreach 57 posted "02/13/2019 09:21:18 AM" postotherclicks 3 reach 57 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== There's another point of view about social security increases https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dont-expand-social-security-our-elderly-are-mostly-fine/2019/02/10/a65ae6ce-2bc9-11e9-b011-d8500644dc98_story.html Contrast - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/03/us/politics/social-security-2100-act.html Unfunded pension promises are hazardous to fiscal health - http://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#defined%20benefit == topic politics ===== impact 12 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-02-10 ratio 8 react 5 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 5 title There's another point of view about social security topic politics wordrate 0 words 23 ID 804270579917463 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/804270579917463 audclicks 5 audreach 5 engaged 5 impress 77 likeclickusers 5 likeuimpress 48 likeuusers 36 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 77 oreach 41 posted "02/10/2019 09:15:39 PM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 2 reach 41 type Link ========== New York consoles Virginia https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/02/08/take-comfort-virginians-learn-new-yorks-state-politics == topic politics ===== impact 2 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-02-08 ratio 8 react 3 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title New York consoles Virginia topic politics wordrate 0 words 7 ID 803077080036813 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/803077080036813 audclicks 2 audreach 2 engaged 2 impress 61 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 32 likeusers 1 likeuusers 23 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 61 oreach 25 posted "02/08/2019 07:44:55 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 1 reach 25 type Link ========== No government shutdown for billionaire donors https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/justice-department-decision-to-issue-legal-opinion-long-sought-by-casino-magnate-sheldon-adelson-draws-criticism/2019/02/07/fb705da6-2ae8-11e9-b011-d8500644dc98_story.html Especially donors facing critical national security threats like internet gambling. Everybody else can just make do as best they can. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/after-the-shutdown-federal-workers-are-coping-with-a-rocky-restart/2019/02/07/34494bea-2a41-11e9-b011-d8500644dc98_story.html == topic politics ===== impact 41 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 0 posted 2019-02-08 ratio 4 react 14 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 6 title No government shutdown for billionaire donors topic politics wordrate 0 words 29 ID 803040093373845 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/803040093373845 audclicks 6 audreach 3 engaged 7 impress 94 likeclickusers 6 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 50 likeusers 5 likeuusers 41 matchedotherclicks 6 oimpress 94 oreach 56 posted "02/08/2019 06:00:27 PM" postotherclicks 3 reach 56 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Your tax dollars at work https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/02/07/trumps-troop-deployment-strung-lethal-razor-wire-border-this-city-has-had-enough And more coming https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/02/07/trump-is-likely-sign-any-border-deal-hes-planning-build-wall-regardless/ == topic politics ===== impact 36 impactrate 0 likeimpress 8 negative 0 posted 2019-02-07 ratio 5 react 33 reactrate 0 shares 5 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 20 title Your tax dollars at work topic politics wordrate 0 words 11 ID 802409380103583 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/802409380103583 audclicks 20 audreach 13 engaged 18 impress 262 likeclickusers 13 likeimpress 8 likeuimpress 109 likeusers 7 likeuusers 78 matchedlinkclicks 8 matchedotherclicks 12 oimpress 262 oreach 171 posted "02/07/2019 03:48:22 PM" postlinkclicks 6 postotherclicks 9 reach 171 sharesimpress 5 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Politics of drug prices What would be the chances for a candidate promising to DO what Trump said he would but didn't and won't? That's quite a long list. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/02/07/democratic-focus-groups-may-have-identified-hidden-vulnerability-trump/ Instead Trump has done the bidding of traditional Republican billionaire donors, instead of funding his campaigns and those of his supporters himself, as he said he could, but probably couldn't. == topic politics ===== impact 6 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-02-07 ratio 24 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Politics of drug prices topic politics wordrate 0 words 62 ID 802248653452989 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/802248653452989 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 49 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 24 likeuusers 19 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 49 oreach 24 posted "02/07/2019 09:30:21 AM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 24 type Link ========== We know where the racist-populist voters are. Where are the politicians to serve them? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/04/opinion/ralph-northam-howard-schultz.html Trumpists as well as traditional Republicans have bought into the plan of pretending to be racist populists by appealing explicitly or implicitly to racism and ignoring the populism. Can the Democrats appeal to those voters on economic grounds without embracing racism? Probably some http://www.political-scrapbook.net/trump.html#First%20Trump%20Constituency but not others http://www.political-scrapbook.net/trump.html#Second%20Trump%20Constituency == topic politics ===== impact 107 impactrate 0 likeimpress 5 negative 0 posted 2019-02-04 ratio 5 react 17 reactrate 0 shares 6 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 6 title We know where the racist-populist voters are. Where topic politics wordrate 0 words 63 ID 800680916943096 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/800680916943096 audclicks 6 audreach 4 engaged 7 impress 167 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 5 likeuimpress 58 likeusers 5 likeuusers 32 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 5 oimpress 167 oreach 99 posted "02/04/2019 07:03:47 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 3 reach 99 sharesimpress 6 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== That's a pretty big shopping list https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2019/02/04/federal-prosecutors-issue-sweeping-subpoena-for-documents-from-trump-inaugural-committee-a-sign-of-a-deepening-crimnal-probe/ So why are they so interested in this guy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaad_Zuberii == topic politics ===== impact 31 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 0 posted 2019-02-04 ratio 2 react 17 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 9 title That's a pretty big shopping list topic politics wordrate 0 words 18 ID 800668733610981 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/800668733610981 audclicks 9 audreach 4 engaged 7 impress 73 likeclickusers 7 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 45 likeusers 6 likeuusers 33 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 7 oimpress 73 oreach 39 posted "02/04/2019 06:31:49 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 4 reach 39 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Trump administration is tough on crime - when committed by poor people. Especially if they vote Democratic. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-appointed-prosecutor-focused-on-allegations-of-voting-fraud-by-immigrants-amid-warnings-about-separate-ballot-scheme/2019/02/03/989851c2-19de-11e9-8813-cb9dec761e73_story.html == topic politics 1 ===== impact 13 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-02-04 priority 1 ratio 6 react 6 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Trump administration is tough on crime - topic politics wordrate 0 words 21 ID 800625070282014 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/800625070282014 audclicks 2 audreach 2 engaged 3 impress 69 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 26 likeusers 2 likeuusers 19 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 69 oreach 41 posted "02/04/2019 04:26:23 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 1 reach 41 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Did the Trump administration do something useful? Perhaps by accident. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/02/01/experts-hated-this-trump-health-care-policy-so-far-theyre-wrong/ == topic politics ===== impact 16 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-02-03 ratio 3 react 12 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 10 title Did the Trump administration do something useful? topic politics wordrate 0 words 13 ID 799950160349505 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/799950160349505 audclicks 10 audreach 7 engaged 9 impress 67 likeclickusers 9 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 51 likeusers 2 likeuusers 41 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 6 oimpress 67 oreach 44 posted "02/03/2019 01:59:37 PM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 5 reach 44 type Link ========== Rich Republican women don't think they need the ERA, so why should you? https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/this-woman-just-derailed-the-equal-rights-amendment-yet-again/2019/01/31/9e32ec22-2551-11e9-90cd-dedb0c92dc17_story.html == topic politics ===== comments 2 impact 27 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-02-02 ratio 2 react 17 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 12 title Rich Republican women don't think they need the ERA, topic politics wordrate 0 words 16 ID 799382017072986 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/799382017072986 audclicks 12 audreach 9 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 1 engaged 10 impress 76 likeclickusers 6 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 41 likeusers 2 likeuusers 29 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 8 oimpress 76 oreach 42 posted "02/02/2019 03:48:57 PM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 7 reach 42 sharesimpress 1 type Link ========== Why the Democrats need moderate contenders - even if they nominate a candidate well to the left. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/01/31/what-democrats-are-missing If Howard Schultz wants to make a positive political contribution, he should run in the Democratic primaries and make his case there. Or else work on spreading ranked-choice voting, which makes third-party and independent candidacies reasonable. https://www.fairvote.org/ == topic politics ===== impact 22 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-02-02 ratio 5 react 4 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Why the Democrats need moderate contenders - topic politics wordrate 0 words 56 ID 799378867073301 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/799378867073301 audclicks 2 audreach 2 engaged 3 impress 48 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 30 likeusers 2 likeuusers 20 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 48 oreach 22 posted "02/02/2019 03:40:34 PM" postotherclicks 2 reach 22 type Link ========== Setting the agenda It works for foreign dictators, and it works for the Republican Congress. Give the President a big photo-op and then do what you were going to do anyway. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/opinion/how-republicans-erased-trumpism.html That's why the President couldn't get a border wall through a Republican Congress. They just never let it come up for discussion. Or any other aspect of comprehensive immigration reform. But now they no longer control the agenda in the House. == topic politics ===== comments 1 impact 128 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2019-02-02 ratio 3 react 17 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 12 title Setting the agenda topic politics wordrate 0 words 75 ID 799170967094091 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/799170967094091 audclicks 12 audreach 8 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 8 impress 97 likeclickusers 6 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 61 likeusers 3 likeuusers 40 matchedlinkclicks 5 matchedotherclicks 7 oimpress 97 oreach 52 posted "02/02/2019 07:38:37 AM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 6 reach 52 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== What does the Second Amendment mean? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/30/opinion/supreme-court-guns-second-amendment.html http://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#second%20amendment == topic politics ===== impact 1 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-01-30 ratio 23 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title What does the Second Amendment mean? topic politics wordrate 0 words 9 ID 797580707253117 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/797580707253117 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 49 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 27 likeuusers 22 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 49 oreach 23 posted "01/30/2019 07:40:30 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 23 type Link ========== Republican senators on the hot seat Fortunately very cold weather is forecast. https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/28/government-shutdown-republicans-trump-1133101 Who needs facts if you can weave a compelling fantasy? That's good enough for "reality TV." https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/28/politics/trump-campaign-manager-border-wall-internal-data/index.html == topic politics ===== comments 2 impact 78 impactrate 0 likeimpress 8 negative 0 posted 2019-01-29 ratio 1 react 25 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 13 title Republican senators on the hot seat topic politics wordrate 0 words 31 ID 796747157336472 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/796747157336472 audclicks 13 audreach 9 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 1 engaged 13 impress 75 likeclickusers 11 likeimpress 8 likeuimpress 52 likeusers 8 likeuusers 36 matchedlinkclicks 5 matchedotherclicks 8 oimpress 75 oreach 41 posted "01/29/2019 09:39:41 AM" postlinkclicks 5 postotherclicks 5 reach 41 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== "Could 2020 be the year when ideas strike back?" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-fight-among-democrats-might-not-be-over-candidates-at-all/2019/01/22/abebc926-1e74-11e9-8b59-0a28f2191131_story.html We've certainly had enough of politics as personality entertainment. == topic politics ===== impact 19 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2019-01-23 ratio 4 react 9 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title "Could 2020 be the year when ideas strike back?" topic politics wordrate 0 words 21 ID 793400067671181 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/793400067671181 audclicks 4 audreach 1 engaged 3 impress 66 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 33 likeusers 3 likeuusers 24 matchedotherclicks 4 oimpress 66 oreach 37 posted "01/23/2019 08:31:44 AM" postotherclicks 1 reach 37 sharesimpress 1 type Link ========== Best possible outcome of shutdown The best possible outcome is also the worst possible outcome. If the Democrats don't budge, then neither will Trump, and the remembered pain might prevent any more shutdowns over continuing resolutions and debt ceilings for a generation. If that's the outcome then it will be worthwhile and beneficial for the future. The short-term damage will be substantial. But the Democrats can't avoid this fight - if they yield once he'll do it again They can't convince Trump, but they can convince the Senate Republicans that this is a fight that will hurt them in 2020. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/knock-them-in-the-teeth-how-trump-turns-crises-into-leverage/2019/01/22/3f3dbfc8-1e60-11e9-9145-3f74070bbdb9_story.html Trump can't see that his tenacity will eventually persuade those Senate Republicans that impeachment is better sooner than later. Instead - "White House officials conceded privately on Tuesday they had tacked on controversial proposals anathema to Democrats" in his "compromise" proposal - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/us/politics/government-shutdown-senate.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/01/23/trumps-position-is-weakening-fast-heres-how-democrats-can-exploit-that/ == topic politics 1 ===== comments 1 impact 584 impactrate 0 likeimpress 8 negative 0 posted 2019-01-22 priority 1 ratio 2 react 40 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 27 title Best possible outcome of shutdown topic politics wordrate 0 words 146 ID 793098724367982 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/793098724367982 audclicks 27 audreach 19 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 25 impress 173 likeclickusers 14 likeimpress 8 likeuimpress 70 likeusers 8 likeuusers 55 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 23 oimpress 173 oreach 117 posted "01/22/2019 07:19:16 PM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 17 reach 117 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== Mitch McConnell in depth https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/magazine/mcconnell-senate-trump.html == topic politics ===== comments 1 impact 20 impactrate 0 likeimpress 9 negative 0 posted 2019-01-22 ratio 4 react 28 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 17 title Mitch McConnell in depth topic politics wordrate 0 words 7 ID 793002591044262 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/793002591044262 audclicks 17 audreach 12 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 21 impress 173 likeclickusers 16 likeimpress 9 likeuimpress 90 likeusers 9 likeuusers 64 matchedlinkclicks 9 matchedotherclicks 8 oimpress 173 oreach 115 posted "01/22/2019 01:50:27 PM" postlinkclicks 7 postotherclicks 6 reach 115 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Not a good sign for Republicans https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/us/kansas-republicans-turn-democrat.html == topic politics ===== impact 41 impactrate 0 likeimpress 26 negative 0 posted 2019-01-22 ratio 2 react 46 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 17 title Not a good sign for Republicans topic politics wordrate 0 words 9 ID 792993691045152 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/792993691045152 audclicks 17 audreach 15 engaged 33 impress 197 likeclickusers 31 likeimpress 26 likeuimpress 131 likeusers 25 likeuusers 94 matchedlinkclicks 9 matchedotherclicks 8 oimpress 197 oreach 134 posted "01/22/2019 01:19:24 PM" postlinkclicks 9 postotherclicks 7 reach 134 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== A millenial President? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2019/01/14/feature/could-pete-buttigieg-become-the-first-millennial-president/ == topic politics ===== negative 0 posted 2019-01-20 rate 7 title A millenial President? topic politics words 6 ID 791634767847711 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/791634767847711 impress 82 likeuimpress 62 likeuusers 54 oimpress 82 oreach 57 posted "01/20/2019 05:53:12 AM" reach 57 type Link ========== It's all about who you know https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/were-left-in-the-dark-as-many-industries-get-shutdown-relief-those-without-political-clout-feel-left-behind/2019/01/19/98375914-1b4e-11e9-8813-cb9dec761e73_story.html Republican donors move to the head of the line, please. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/could-you-make-these-guys-essential-mortgage-industry-gets-shutdown-relief-after-appeal-to-senior-treasury-officials/2019/01/11/9071e9d8-152c-11e9-90a8-136fa44b80ba_story.html?tid=nr_inl_related == topic politics ===== impact 10 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-01-20 ratio 7 react 5 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title It's all about who you know topic politics wordrate 0 words 19 ID 791624087848779 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/791624087848779 audclicks 4 audreach 3 engaged 3 impress 67 likeclickusers 3 likeuimpress 39 likeuusers 28 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 67 oreach 37 posted "01/20/2019 05:36:11 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 2 reach 37 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Courts are next https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/18/us/politics/courts-money-government-shutdown.html == topic politics ===== impact 24 impactrate 0 likeimpress 16 negative 0 posted 2019-01-18 ratio 5 react 40 reactrate 0 shares 9 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 15 title Courts are next topic politics wordrate 0 words 6 ID 790468104631044 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/790468104631044 audclicks 15 audreach 11 engaged 26 impress 293 likeclickusers 20 likeimpress 16 likeuimpress 113 likeusers 16 likeuusers 87 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 11 oimpress 293 oreach 212 posted "01/18/2019 06:26:32 AM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 7 reach 212 sharesimpress 9 sharesusers 8 type Link ========== Border wars - the lingering stain of slavery https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/01/17/opinion-border-wars-and-the-consequences-of-a-lack-of-empathy/ == topic politics ===== impact 12 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2019-01-17 ratio 5 react 11 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 6 title Border wars - the lingering stain of slavery topic politics wordrate 0 words 11 ID 790041898006998 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/790041898006998 audclicks 6 audreach 4 engaged 6 impress 83 likeclickusers 6 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 60 likeusers 4 likeuusers 54 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 4 oimpress 83 oreach 58 posted "01/17/2019 12:57:14 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 3 reach 58 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Running scared What's a racist reactionary to do - turn one way it's AOC, turn another way it's Lin-Manuel. Having a black man play Washington? Next thing they'll want to run for President! Oh wait, they already did that. And won. So the lunatic right returns to what they know best - baseless character attacks. https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article224305860.html Probably any day now Infowars will disclose that she was secretly born in Kenya to Muslim terrorist parents. She does seem to have the media instincts of the Trump of the left. Perhaps she can distinguish herself from him by broadening her base of support rather than just increasing the fervor of the same base, shrinking as it gets to know him better. https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/what-have-you-got-left-ocasio-cortez-taunts-gop-critics-obsessing-over-her/2019/01/15/a48b5832-1455-11e9-803c-4ef28312c8b9_story.html But for the time being, Rush can relax. She can't be elected president until she's 35. == topic politics ===== impact 740 impactrate 0 likeimpress 20 negative 0 posted 2019-01-15 ratio 3 react 54 reactrate 0 shares 8 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 26 title Running scared topic politics wordrate 0 words 137 ID 788887651455756 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/788887651455756 audclicks 26 audreach 18 engaged 31 impress 267 likeclickusers 27 likeimpress 20 likeuimpress 126 likeusers 19 likeuusers 101 matchedotherclicks 26 oimpress 267 oreach 205 posted "01/15/2019 12:36:37 PM" postotherclicks 18 reach 205 sharesimpress 8 sharesusers 7 type Link ========== The Trump administration suggests garage sales for furloughed workers, but it can do better than that for billionaire donors https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/justice-department-issues-new-opinion-that-could-further-restrict-online-gambling/2019/01/14/a501e2da-1857-11e9-8813-cb9dec761e73_story.html == topic politics ===== impact 2 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2019-01-14 ratio 17 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title The Trump administration suggests garage sales for topic politics wordrate 0 words 22 ID 788505404827314 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/788505404827314 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 38 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 17 likeuusers 15 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 38 oreach 17 posted "01/14/2019 10:24:29 PM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 17 type Link ========== Wondering about Mitch https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/01/14/trump-is-doing-immense-damage-he-has-hidden-helper/ Who funds his campaigns and why? == topic politics ===== impact 17 impactrate 0 likeimpress 5 negative 0 posted 2019-01-14 ratio 3 react 14 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 9 title Wondering about Mitch topic politics wordrate 0 words 12 ID 788227784855076 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/788227784855076 audclicks 9 audreach 6 engaged 8 impress 68 likeclickusers 7 likeimpress 5 likeuimpress 48 likeusers 5 likeuusers 42 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 7 oimpress 68 oreach 47 posted "01/14/2019 10:04:06 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 4 reach 47 type Link ========== Hazards of impeachment https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/13/opinion/trump-impeachment-2020-election.html While impeachment resolutions might be emotionally satisfying, a series of censures might be more effective at keeping a weak Trump in office, who can be manipulated and bypassed, than impeaching Trump and installing a craftier Pence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/01/06/democrats-dont-impeach-donald-trump/ If Pence becomes president, Democrats will just have to make the best of it. Being reactionary is not grounds for impeachment or 25th amendment. That's why Democrats might prefer to defer Trump impeachment proceedings until the 2020 primary/convention season, and that's also why the Republicans would decide, if it's going to happen, better impeach Trump sooner than later. So let 2019 be the year of endless House committee investigations and censure resolutions, 2020 the year of endless impeachment discussions, and let the voters decide in November. Trey Goudy showed how to run Benghazi hearings for years without turning up anything new. How much easier for the Democrats to investigate Trump and the Trump administration, and Trumpism, fields so white for harvest. The Republicans have a real dilemma here. What if they are too early to impeach and Trumpists have time to organize a third-party presidential campaign? That would split the Republican vote and enable the Democrats. What if they are too late to impeach, the Democrats appear to be on track to nominate a far-left candidate, and disgusted traditional Republicans and conservative Democrats form a centrist third-party presidential campaign? That might turn out badly for the Republicans - especially if the Democrats then seize the opportunity by nominating a less extreme candidate after all, taking half the wind out of the sails of the centrist third party? Either way seems so hazardous that the present Republican leadership seems determined to hang on to Trump and his voters, no matter what. It's the only thing they can count on... besides the funding from billionaire donors pleased by tax cuts and deregulation. == topic politics 1 ===== comments 2 impact 563 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2019-01-14 priority 1 ratio 3 react 18 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 11 title Hazards of impeachment topic politics wordrate 0 words 313 ID 788170934860761 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/788170934860761 audclicks 11 audreach 6 commentsimpress 2 commentsusers 2 engaged 8 impress 104 likeclickusers 6 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 51 likeusers 3 likeuusers 39 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 7 oimpress 104 oreach 59 posted "01/14/2019 08:15:29 AM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 4 reach 59 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Newly elected Democrats move forward on health care https://www.apnews.com/bd8bb50ed7f7457fa560f8c1ae718eb1 while newly elected Republicans stand in the doorway and block up the hall https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/us/wisconsin-lawmakers-republicans-power.html and move forward on the wall. == topic politics ===== impact 72 impactrate 0 likeimpress 9 negative 0 posted 2019-01-14 ratio 4 react 24 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 11 title Newly elected Democrats move forward on health care topic politics wordrate 0 words 30 ID 788161461528375 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/788161461528375 audclicks 11 audreach 9 engaged 17 impress 160 likeclickusers 16 likeimpress 9 likeuimpress 108 likeusers 9 likeuusers 82 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 7 oimpress 160 oreach 115 posted "01/14/2019 07:54:06 AM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 5 reach 115 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== Today's news https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/01/11/lets-step-back-wall-consider-why-does-anybody-even-care/ SOMEBODY cares - but $20 million is only about 1/1000 of the amount needed. https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/12/us/border-wall-gofundme-refund/index.html Meanwhile - in the White House - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-trump-putin-revelations-are-nothing-new-why-are-people-so-excited/2019/01/13/a3ab6434-1775-11e9-88fe-f9f77a3bcb6c_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/here-are-18-reasons-why-trump-could-be-a-russian-asset/2019/01/13/45b1b250-174f-11e9-88fe-f9f77a3bcb6c_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/revelations-about-manaforts-2016-interactions-with-russian-associate-show-special-counsels-intense-focus-on-russia-contacts/2019/01/13/0f3733dc-144b-11e9-803c-4ef28312c8b9_story.html Elsewhere in the House - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/13/nyregion/ocasio-cortez-democrats-congress.html == topic politics ===== impact 10 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-01-13 ratio 15 react 3 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Today's news topic politics wordrate 0 words 32 ID 787808434897011 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/787808434897011 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 3 impress 70 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 50 likeusers 2 likeuusers 42 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 70 oreach 47 posted "01/13/2019 04:59:04 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 47 type Link ========== No shutdown inconvenience allowed for billionaires https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/could-you-make-these-guys-essential-mortgage-industry-gets-shutdown-relief-after-appeal-to-senior-treasury-officials/2019/01/11/9071e9d8-152c-11e9-90a8-136fa44b80ba_story.html == topic politics 1 ===== impact 53 impactrate 0 likeimpress 18 negative 0 posted 2019-01-11 priority 1 ratio 3 react 53 reactrate 0 shares 10 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 25 title No shutdown inconvenience allowed for billionaires topic politics wordrate 0 words 10 ID 786461015031753 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/786461015031753 audclicks 25 audreach 18 engaged 29 impress 308 likeclickusers 27 likeimpress 18 likeuimpress 149 likeusers 18 likeuusers 92 matchedlinkclicks 10 matchedotherclicks 15 oimpress 308 oreach 192 posted "01/11/2019 03:35:04 PM" postlinkclicks 9 postotherclicks 11 reach 192 sharesimpress 10 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== A Libertarian experiment Turns out the Republicans aren't really Libertarians after all. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/opinion/trump-shutdown.html == topic politics ===== impact 9 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2019-01-11 ratio 8 react 6 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title A Libertarian experiment topic politics wordrate 0 words 15 ID 786428825034972 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/786428825034972 audclicks 3 audreach 2 engaged 3 impress 82 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 56 likeusers 2 likeuusers 46 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 82 oreach 52 posted "01/11/2019 02:01:55 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 1 reach 52 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Some Democrats see a silver lining to an emergency declaration https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/trump-administration-lays-groundwork-to-declare-national-emergency-to-build-wall/2019/01/10/e8902698-14fa-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.html "an emergency declaration would benefit them politically by unifying their party while splitting Republicans" == topic politics ===== comments 1 impact 51 impactrate 0 likeimpress 5 negative 0 posted 2019-01-11 ratio 4 react 19 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 11 title Some Democrats see a silver lining to an emergency topic politics wordrate 0 words 27 ID 786375515040303 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/786375515040303 audclicks 11 audreach 10 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 11 impress 128 likeclickusers 10 likeimpress 5 likeuimpress 85 likeusers 5 likeuusers 62 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 10 oimpress 128 oreach 81 posted "01/11/2019 11:29:58 AM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 9 reach 81 sharesimpress 2 type Link ========== Progressive response to ethnic nationalism https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/theworldpost/wp/2019/01/09/trump-wall/ == topic politics ===== negative 0 posted 2019-01-09 rate 16 title Progressive response to ethnic nationalism topic politics words 8 ID 785269098484278 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/785269098484278 impress 41 likeuimpress 21 likeuusers 20 oimpress 41 oreach 24 posted "01/09/2019 03:25:29 PM" reach 24 type Link ========== "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bipartisan-governors-group-calls-for-immediate-end-to-shutdown/2019/01/08/1ac9dc44-1352-11e9-90a8-136fa44b80ba_story.html And anyway, what actually happens to walls? https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/01/08/an-ancient-border-wall-inspired-game-thrones-barrier-trumps-meme-does-it-hold-any-lessons == topic politics 1 ===== impact 13 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-01-08 priority 1 ratio 5 react 7 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 5 title "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope." topic politics wordrate 0 words 19 ID 784667311877790 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/784667311877790 audclicks 5 audreach 3 engaged 3 impress 72 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 50 likeusers 1 likeuusers 35 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 72 oreach 39 posted "01/08/2019 02:00:45 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 2 reach 39 sharesimpress 1 type Link ========== Don't tell Bannon - or Putin - but the current populist wave may have peaked, just as the anti-masons, know-nothings, and bimetallists peaked and faded after a few years. They'll be back with the next recession though. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/05/world/europe/populism-voters-global.html == topic politics ===== likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2019-01-05 rate 0 ratio 22 react 1 title Don't tell Bannon - or Putin - but the current populist topic politics words 40 ID 783115968699591 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/783115968699591 engaged 1 impress 41 likeclickusers 1 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 19 likeusers 1 likeuusers 17 oimpress 41 oreach 22 posted "01/05/2019 09:23:16 PM" reach 22 type Link ========== The Democrats can emulate the Republicans https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/will-ocasio-cortez-form-the-freedom-caucus-of-the-left/2019/01/04/9eb1a040-1060-11e9-8938-5898adc28fa2_story.html by forming a circular firing squad and giving the persuadable voters a reason to vote Republican again in 2020. It's easy to hear your base supporters cheering at a rally and think it's the whole people cheering you - when it's just your base supporters. The Democrats can make that fundamental Trumpian mistake themselves. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/13/nyregion/ocasio-cortez-democrats-congress.html Or the Democrats can accept that unity in fundamentals does not exclude diversity in details. And a good fundamental for Democrats is "economic justice" that is broad enough to cover a large, winning-coalition tent. (The corresponding Republican fundamental would be "economic liberty" at least as a disguise for the real unspoken fundamental "billionaire economic liberty.") But if might even be possible to combine these ideas - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we-dont-need-to-be-so-polarized-lets-be-pro-market-and-pro-government/2019/01/02/254fcc4e-0d37-11e9-8938-5898adc28fa2_story.html After all, "economic justice" seemed to be the heart of Trump's message to the forgotten Americans, even though it's obvious now to all but his hardest core base that he has completely forgotten about them, or never had any intention of doing anything about economic justice, nor had the slightest clue about how to go about it if he wanted to. So the Democrats can make a point of delivering actual solutions to the actual problems Trump talked about - instead of symbolic non-solution to non-problems that Trump prefers to talk about now. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/to-beat-trump-democrats-must-counter-his-lies-with-realistic-solutions/2019/01/02/511c2344-0d1a-11e9-831f-3aa2c2be4cbd_story.html If the Democrats can keep the Obama/Trump voters, the Republicans are really going to struggle - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-should-be-alarmed-by-this-sign-of-intelligent-life-in-the-democratic-party/2019/01/02/990fa7b6-0d29-11e9-84fc-d58c33d6c8c7_story.html http://www.political-scrapbook.net/trump.html#First%20Trump%20Constituency But the Democrats might want to apply a martial arts idea to the border stalemate: use your opponent's strength against him. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/05/us/politics/donald-trump-border-wall.html So they should draft the comprehensive immigration reform bill they've always wanted, with a few concessions important to persuadable Republican senators (who will be reminded if necessary that if they don't vote for this bill in 2019, something might pass in 2021 with no concessions to Republicans), with funding for the closed Federal agencies for the rest of this fiscal year, and with not 1, not 5, but 6 billion dollars for border security - that can be spent on a wall, or on something better - limited to one billion a year for the next six years. And so repealable at any time. And with the operational incompetence of this administration, it's doubtful they could spend a billion dollars a year on the wall without looking ridiculous. However much or little actually ever gets built, it will stand as a permanent expensive monument to Trumpist reality-TV-fantasy - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/build-the-wall-it-could-take-at-least-10-years-even-with-10000-workers/2019/01/09/62d5eaae-1376-11e9-803c-4ef28312c8b9_story.html Get that through the House, and Senate, and let Trump decide whether to sign it or veto it. Let the Freedom Caucus and Rand Paul and Sean Hannity scream at him not to compromise and see what happens. Either he signs it and the Democrats win on comprehensive immigration reform - which is probably permanent - or he vetoes, and the Democrats win on trying everything they could to keep the government open, as tax refunds and food stamps pile up unprocessed and national parks and museums pile up unopened. The world's greatest negotiator has shown a repeated inability to accept yes for an answer. In either case, whenever Trump gets impeached or resigns or is not re-elected, repeal the wall funding. And until then, keep it as an ace in the hole in case Trump gets out of line again. It's impossible to negotiate with Trump - proven over and over - even McConnell won't try any more. Democrats have to figure out what they can get through the Senate and then let Trump take it or leave it. Republican senators up for re-election in 2020 might be more pliable this year, though rigor mortis will set in during 2020 primary season, followed by renewed expressions of support for bipartisanship in the general election campaign - but by then the next recession might well be underway, with the Democrats smelling blood and in no mood to concede anything. Those Republican senators might come to see the Democrats' hints of willingness to repeal wall funding - a club against Trump - is also an impediment to all the other Republican objectives, and a good argument to have somebody else in the White House who is more tactical and more strategic - the sooner the better. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/05/opinion/sunday/trump-impeachment.html To put it another way: though the House Democrats can impeach Trump, it takes 20 Republican senators to convict and remove. So House Democrats should hold off on impeachment hearings for a year, unless there are clear signals that 20 Republican senators are on board for conviction and removal. In a year - when the 2020 primary, convention, and campaign season is in full swing - then the Democrats could, if they found it advantageous, launch impeachment hearings in the House as a campaign tactic, even knowing that conviction might well fail in the Senate. Censure might be even more effective - https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/01/06/democrats-dont-impeach-donald-trump/ == topic politics 1 ===== comments 1 impact 6199 impactrate 0 likeimpress 26 negative 0 posted 2019-01-05 priority 1 ratio 3 react 77 reactrate 0 shares 6 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 44 title The Democrats can emulate the Republicans topic politics wordrate 0 words 805 ID 782779392066582 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/782779392066582 audclicks 44 audreach 36 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 49 impress 502 likeclickusers 32 likeimpress 26 likeuimpress 161 likeusers 25 likeuusers 106 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 41 oimpress 502 oreach 276 posted "01/05/2019 07:25:51 AM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 34 reach 276 sharesimpress 6 sharesusers 2 type Link